White stone and wood chips through Cua Lo port have decreased quite sharply.

(Baonghean.vn) - While coal, steel, and equipment increased, some key products exported through Cua Lo port such as wood chips, white stone, and fertilizer decreased quite sharply.

Since the beginning of the year, the volume of goods passing through Cua Lo port has reached more than 2 million tons, up 4% over the same period; the total volume of goods handled has reached more than 4 million tons, up 28%; the total revenue has reached 110 billion VND, down 3%.

Coal output through the port doubled over the same period.

Typically, coal products doubled due to the additional coal supply for Vissai cement factories; iron, steel and equipment products increased by 2% due to the increased supply of equipment from China to Laos and Song Lam cement factory, which increased the volume of goods passed through.

In addition, container goods are continuously increased by shipping lines and new ships are added, while Cua Lo stevedoring enterprise has strengthened the work of clearing ships and arranging reasonable ship entry and exit schedules, which has increased the volume of goods passing through the port by 15%.

Unloading goods through Cua Lo port.

However, in recent times, some traditional goods with large output through the port such as white stone, wood chips, and fertilizer have decreased quite sharply. Stone exporting enterprises have been affected by the state's macro policy of temporarily suspending the export of raw stone, while domestic consumption accounts for a low proportion, so the total output of all kinds of stone through the port has decreased sharply. The output of all kinds of stone has decreased by 23% compared to the same period.

Wood chip products also decreased by 12% due to the impact of raw material supply for factories exporting goods through the port; some raw materials in the western part of Nghe An have gradually moved to Thanh Hoa. In addition, businesses using small-capacity ships to export goods have not been allowed to improve or add more walls to the ships as before, which has reduced throughput.

Fertilizer products decreased by 9% due to the recent decrease in the amount of potassium products - the main product that accounts for a large proportion of fertilizer products - transited from Laos to China.

Mr. Tran Van Dat - Deputy General Director of Nghe Tinh Port Joint Stock Company, Director of Cua Lo Loading and Unloading Enterprise said that recently, objective reasons have greatly affected the output of goods through the port. These are the slow economic recovery, harsh weather, drought, saltwater intrusion, crop failure, many changes in state policies causing some businesses to slow down or stop production, greatly affecting the import and export of goods through the port. Therefore, output has not reached the plan and only increased slightly compared to the same period; revenue and some basic economic indicators have decreased...

"Although port throughput increased slightly, due to competition, lower unit prices and some low-value items, revenue decreased compared to the same period," said Mr. Dat.

Thu Huyen