China's cargo and container throughput at its ports grew in the first 11 months of the year.

State media reported that cargo throughput at Chinese ports totalled 15.51 billion tonnes during the period, up 8.4% year-on-year, citing data from the country's Ministry of Transport.

Xinhua said specifically the country's foreign trade cargo throughput at the ports rose 9.6% over one year earlier.

In the same period, China's ports handled 280 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of containers, climbing 4.9% compared to the same November period in 2022.