Compared to the previous month, Chattogram Port reportedly handled more export and import containers in May.
The Chattogram Port Authority (CPA) reports that in May, container throughput increased by 10.10 per cent for imports and 24.46 per cent for exports.
Furthermore, container handling this year experienced a 22 per cent increase in exports and a 10.36 per cent increase in imports compared to May of the previous year.
In May 2024, Chattogram Port handled 130,000 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) of import containers and 64,523 TEUs of export containers, according to CPA data. 48,737 TEUs were exported and around 117,000 TEUs were imported in April 2024.
Traders and port officials said the dollar crisis is gradually easing, leading to a slight increase in import and export rates compared to last year.
There are 19 private inland container depots in Chattogram, where almost all products shipped through Chattogram Port are loaded. These depots also manage the delivery of 38 different categories of imported goods, including food items.
“The volume of export products in inland container depots is increasing,” stated Ruhul Amin Shikder, secretary general of the Bangladesh Inland Container Depot Association. “Exports are increasing by 10 per cent each month in 2024. Consequently, there has been a rise in the export goods dispatch rate from depots.”
Approximately 92 per cent of the nation’s import and export transactions go via the Chattogram port. This seaport handles the transportation of over 98 per cent of the cargo containers that pass through all of Bangladesh’s seaports. Containers carry around 25 per cent of the goods that are imported and exported through the port.
