| China's Container Traffic |
| Year | Cargo
handled | Container | Growth | Growth
rate |
| (thousand tons) | International | (TEU) | (TEU) | (%) |
| 1990 | 483,209 | 166,515 | 1,312,182 | | |
| 1991 | 532,203 | 195,714 | 1,896,000 | 583,818 | 44 |
| 1992 | 605,433 | 221,228 | 2,401,692 | 505,692 | 27 |
| 1993 | 678,348 | 242,869 | 3,353,252 | 951,560 | 40 |
| 1994 | 743,700 | 270,565 | 4,008,173 | 654,921 | 20 |
| 1995 | 801,656 | 309,858 | 5,515,145 | 1,506,972 | 38 |
| 1996 | 851,524 | 321,425 | 7,157,709 | 1,642,564 | 30 |
| 1997 | 908,217 | 366,793 | 9,135,402 | 1,977,693 | 28 |
| 1998 | 922,373 | 341,366 | 11,413,127 | 2,277,725 | 25 |
| 1999 | 1,051,617 | 388,365 | 15,595,479 | 4,182,352 | 37 |
| 2000 | 1,292,080 | 525,090 | 20,460,000 | 4,864,521 | 31 |
| 2001 | 1,452,930 | 600,610 | 24,700,000 | 4,240,000 | 21 |
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