The Port of Paranaguá handled 20% more cargoes for export in January this year compared to the same month of 2018, the Port Administration of Paranaguá and Antonina (Appa) reported in a note. Contributed to the advance the driest weather in January this year – in January 2018 it rained for 13 days; last month, only 8. “Together, grain, wheat, soyabeans and corn totaled 1.87 million tons exported,” said the note, highlighting soyabeans, which represented 575.57K tons of this total (+ 59% in January to January 2018) . Corn, in turn, grew by 50% in the period, to 259.08K tons. The volume imported in January of this year reached 1.85 million tons, or 14% more than in January last year. Fertilizers continue to be the main product imported via ports in Paraná. In Paranaguá, 977,073 tons were discharged, with a 20% increase compared to the same month of 2018. At the port of Antonina, the volume totaled 110,427 tons of cargo. Imports of wheat took place again in January, according to Appa. If in January of 2018 there was no movement with the imported cereal, last month, 64,43K tons were landed. The handling of cargoes by containers was also higher at the end of January, with a 9% increase. In its own unit of measurement (TEUs, unit equivalent to 20 feet), there are 62,617 containers handled in January of this year: 29,581 sense of export, 33,036 of import.
Source: Canal Rural