Valenciaport already exceeds pre-crisis traffic and is the fourth port in Europe

• Valenciaport’s traffic between January and November this year exceeded 77 million tonnes or - presented as containers - 5.16 million TEUs (20-foot containers or 6.1 metres). In both cases, these are magnitudes which leave behind the figures for 2020 (a year marked by the pandemic crisis) and which exceed those of 2019, a year in which the port of Valencia set records in all the goods references

• Among all the traffic magnitudes accumulated in the 11 months of 2021, the evolution of import/export containers stands out. A total of 1,002,870 containers loaded with products manufactured in Spain have already left Valenciaport terminals for abroad - at a rate of 3,000 units per day - and 757,342 - 2,275 containers per day - have entered. These figures represent increases of more than 16% in both cases

• The United States is the main partner of Spanish exports leaving the Valencian docks by container. Italy is the country that moves the most tonnes to/from Valenciaport

• By sectors, sales of construction materials stand out with a 25.94% increase, iron and steel by 23.1% and the agri-food industry by 19.39%

• The strong activation of traffic over the figures for 2019 and 2020 has been observed for several months; and according to the consultancy firm Alphaliner, the Valencian port overtook the Greek port of Piraeus last September. This means that Valenciaport is now the fourth European port in terms of containers handled, after Rotterdam, Antwerp and Hamburg

Valenciaport’s traffic between January and November this year exceeded 77 million tons and 5,161,440 TEUs (standard 20-foot container). These figures already reflect that the activity of Valenciaport terminals exceeded the movements of goods and containers of the years prior to the crisis. Magnitudes that leave behind the data for the 2020 financial year - marked by the pandemic - and which already exceed those of 2019, a year in which the Port of Valencia set records in all the freight references.

Today the data for the month of November of this year have been released and, following the trend of 2021, the evolution of import/export containers stands out. A total of 1,002,870 containers loaded with products manufactured in Spain have already left Valenciaport’s terminals - at a rate of 3,000 units per day - and a further 757,342 (2,275 containers per day) have entered between January and November. These figures represent increases of 16.48% in the case of TEUs for loading (export) and 16.41% for unloading (import), compared to the same period last year.