(Coals.cc, Oct 31, 2006) In the third quarter of 2006, total handling capacity of scaled ports reached 1.16b tons in China, including 409m tons for foreign trade, up 19.6 per cent on 2005.

China¡¯s scaled ports reached an accumulated handling capacity of 3.36b tons this year, up 20 per cent on 2005.
source:Coals.cc
Drawn from Chinese language press