The Paranaguá Port Export Corridor closed 2019 with another record in the movement of solid bulk. Together, in the last year, the ten terminals that make up the complex exported more than 20.23 million tons of soybean and corn, in grain and meal. The volume reached registers another historical mark, surpassing by almost 2.4% the number of 2018 - 19.76 million tons.

"The movement and productivity achieved in the three berths of the Export Corridor is the result of a very focused and aligned work between the port authority and the terminals that operate in the complex", comments the president of the public company Portos do Paraná, Luiz Fernando Garcia.

In 2019, as Garcia says, there were no restructuring Works but the effort was to reorganize the flow, align the rules and act with maximum joint efficiency between the Portos do Paraná Operations Department team and the operators.

“We have already entered this year of 2020 with the expectation of the repowering works at the Export Corridor,” says Garcia. According to him, the hiring of the company that will make the basic remodeling project that will double the operational capacity is being concluded, with investments in new conveyor belts and the acquisition of new electromechanical equipment.

The Port of Paranaguá Export Corridor is a set of terminals, public (one, with two silos) and private (nine), interconnected by conveyor belts to six ship-loading equipment operating in three berths, west of the port - 212, 213 and 214.

PRODUCTS - Soybeans (grains) were the main bulk exported by the port of Paranaguá. In 2019, by the Export Corridor, more than 10.6 million tons of the product were exported, mainly to China - which received more than 89% of the product that left the port of Paraná.

Paranaguá Port is the third leading exporter of the commodity in Brazil, behind Santos and Rio Grande.

The volume of corn exported by the three cradles of the complex is 5.36 million tons. The main destinations for the product that came out are Iran (42%), Japan (29.7%) and South Korea (7.1%).

Paranaguá Port is the second largest corn exporter in the country, behind Santos Port only.

Of soybean meal, 4.19 million tons were exported by the Corridor in 2019. The main destinations of the product were Holland (25.69%), France (17.67%) and South Korea (15.28%).

Paranaguá Port is also the second largest exporter of soybean meal in the country, behind only The Port of, for one million tons.

PORTS - As announced on the last December 31, the historical mark was also surpassed in the general movement of the Ports of Paraná. Now consolidated, the total volume of imports and exports from Paranaguá and Antonina ports reached 53.2 million tons; 0.3% more than in 2018, 53 million.

Almost 62.6% of 2019's total handling is represented by the exports: 33.3 million tons. The remaining 37.4% are the imports: 19.9 million tons of products.

Solid bulk represents more than 65% of 2019 movements, with 34.92 million tons imported and exported. In imports, the main products are fertilizers with almost 9.43 million tons handled.

The main origin of fertilizer imported from the ports of Paranaguá and Antonina are Russia, China, Canada and the United States. The Port of Paranaguá is the first in the country to import the product.

GENERAL - The second segment that most handled cargo in 2019 through the ports of Paraná is the General Cargo. In this, more than 11.34 million tons were registered in both directions of trade. This volume is pulled by cargo arriving and leaving in containers through the port of Paranaguá.

In 2019, the Paranaguá Container Terminal handled 867,185 TEUs. Almost half for import and export. The volume registered last year is 13% higher than 2018 (769,908 TEUs).

Also in the General Cargo segment, exports and imports of vehicles enter. In 2019, by Paranaguá, there were 135,293 cars moved, 7% more than the amount of 2018, 127,017 units.

LIQUIDS - Of liquid bulk, more than 6.9 million tons were exported and imported by the Port of Paranaguá. In exports, the main products are vegetable oils, 659,896 tons. In imports, we highlight the volume of oil products, with 4 million tons.

The other public ports in Brazil have not yet released the data of the annual closing of 2019. So far, considering the latest statistics from the National Waterway Transportation Agency (Antaq), the Port of Paranaguá is the second in cargo movement, behind only the Port of Santos.