YTD HANDLING AT PORT OF ANTONINA ALREADY SURPASSES 2020 VOLUME

From January to October, 1,168,103 tons of products passed through the Port of Antonina. The volume is already 230,103 tons greater than the amount handled during the same period last year, which was 938,000 tons. Considering only the first ten months of last year, when 715,000 tons were handled, the increase registered was 63%. Taking into account only the movement of October 2021 – 141,655 tons of cargo, in both directions of foreign trade – the increase recorded in comparison with the same 31 days in 2020 (55,205 tons) was 156%. The company that operates in the Port of Antonina is TPPF (Porto Ponta do Félix). Through the terminal, the main export products are soybean meal (bulk) and sugar in sacks. In imports, the main products continue to be fertilizers. 220,058 tons of bagged sugar were exported through Porto Ponta do Félix in the last ten months (8,404 in October alone). The volume was 201% greater than the 73,196 tons registered in 2020. 719,972 tons of fertilizers were imported (107,247 tons in October alone), 85% more than the 388,140 imported last year.

Source: Datamar News