Movement at Paraná ports grows 8,6% from January to September 2024

Movement at the Ports of Paranaguá and Antonina grew 8,6% from January to September this year, compared to the same period in 2023. The import and export volume went from 47.997.984 tons last year to 52.133.211 this year – an increase of 4.135.227 tons. The performance was driven mainly by the export of soybeans, sugar, containers, fertilizers and cereals (wheat, malt and barley).

According to the CEO of Portos do Paraná, Luiz Fernando Garcia, the figures show the potential of the ports of Paraná. “We are constantly improving the structure, investing in expanding capacity and also in improving management, which is recognized as the best in the country. With this, we serve an increasingly demanding market that wants to export and import through Paranaguá and Antonina,” said the director.

The numbers were driven mainly by the export of soybeans, with 12.342.424 tons in the period, an increase of 8% compared to 2023 (11.449.461 tons). Sugar also had a great influence, both in bulk, with an increase of 41% (4.966.915 this year against 3.532.977 tons last year) and in bags, which increased by 49%: there were 676.384 tons in 2024 and 454.232 tons in the previous year. 

Import

Fertilizer imports grew 11% - from 7.057.771 tons in 2023 to 7.845.082 tons this year. Cereals increased by 64% (from 495.252 tons in the first nine months of 2023 to 814.281 tons from January to September 2024). “There was a significant increase in the movement of cereals with more than 60% growth in the import of malt, barley and wheat for the industry, mainly beer”, said the director of Port Operations at Portos do Paraná, Gabriel Vieira

Containers 

Container movement also grew significantly in both imports and exports, reaching 1.169.035 TEUs (a measurement used for the length of a 20-foot container) handled. This number is 34% higher than last year (875.146 TEUs).

September

The Port Operations Director of Portos do Paraná notes the specific performance of September. He recalls that, despite the rainy season that month and the low demand for soybean grain and meal exports, Paranaguá and Antonina had a movement of more than 5,7 million tons. “If we consider the last 12 months of accumulated movement, we already have 69,5 million tons”, he assesses.