Port of Santos cargo throughput in July and the first seven months of the year showed significant growth. With a continuous increase in the year, the port recorded the movement of 95.5 million tonnes, a rise of 7.3%, the highest mark for this period. In July alone, the result was 12.5 million tonnes handled (the best mark for that month), up 15.3% from 2021.
Exports accounted for the largest share of this volume, totaling 69.7 million tonnes (+8.6%), and imports reached 25.7 million tonnes (+4.0%).
Corn was the main highlight in cargo handling, with 2.3 million tonnes in the month (+104%) and 4.1 million tonnes YTD to July (+132%).
Containerized cargo also grew by double digits (+10.9%) in July, totaling 440.7 thousand TEU, the second highest historical mark and the highest for the month, and 2.8 million TEU in the first seven months, an increase of 1.6%.
As for the year-to-date results, the goods that stood out the most were the soy complex goods (soybeans and meal), with 28.4 million tonnes (+10.3); pulp, with 4.6 million tonnes (+59.9%); meat cuts, with 1.3 million tonnes (+36.1%); and diesel, with 1.3 million tonnes (+23.7%). Fertilizer landings totaled 4.8 million tonnes (+17.3%).
In turn, during the course of July, sugar shipments stood out with 2.1 million tonnes (+9.2%). Other highlights were cellulose pulp, with 688.0 thousand tonnes (+57.5%), and diesel oil, with 163.9 thousand tonnes (+21.9%). In import landings, the top-ranking item was salt, with 95.1 thousand tonnes (+184.9%), and wheat, with 117.1 thousand tonnes (+42.2%).
The flow of ships also grew, with 465 berths in July (+16.0%) and 3,007 in the year (+5.2).
Solid bulk items totaled 49.4 million tonnes of the year’s throughput at the Port of Santos, up 9.9%. The share of soybeans in this volume was 51.2%; sugar accounted for 20.2%; soybean meal for 11.9%; and corn, 9.2%.
Liquid bulk operations reached 11.0 million tonnes, up 3.5%. In this segment, the share of diesel was 24.2%; fuel oil represented 18.7%; citrus juices accounted for 13.5%; caustic soda for 8.6%; gasoline 6.9%; and alcohol 4.5%.
The share of the Port of Santos in Brazilian trade reached 28.9% in July (US$ 100.796 million). China represented 31.3% of the national commercial transactions that involved the Port of Santos. São Paulo remained the state with the most participation (52.7%) in commercial interactions with other countries via the Santos port complex.
