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Asia, North America and Europe absorb 95 per cent of Chinese-made containers

ASIA, North America and Europe were the three largest markets for the Chinese-made containers, which imported 95 per cent of the Chinese boxes, according to a Xinhua report.

Additionally, the volumes of China’s container imports and exports have been growing significantly over the past few years, and the high growth rate is expected to continue this year.

In 2013, the full-year container exports grew at the beginning of the year but declined at the end. Conversely, the box imports hit the full-year low in January but rebounded to the peak in December.

According to the figures from China’s General Administration of Customs (GAC), container exports to Asian countries rose 15.9 per cent in value to US$2.81 billion, accounting for 35.7 per cent of the total export value.