Overall container handling by 17 private depots (dry ports) in Bangladesh grew by around 16 per cent in 2021 over the previous year to cross 1 million TEUs for the first time. The growth is at least 3 percentage points higher than the Chittagong Port container handling last year. The private depots handled a total of 709,196 TEUs of exports and 303,016 TEUs of imports in 2021.Their export-cargo handling grew more than 25 per cent in 2021 in a robust rebound after the opening up of the economies in Europe and North America. Import handling shows a negative growth by nearly 2.3 per cent, according to a report in a Bangladesh newspaper.
The 17 depots handle almost cent per cent exports of Bangladesh.
Container handling by 17 private depots in Bangladesh grew by around 16 per cent in 2021 over the previous year to cross 1 million TEUs for the first time. The growth is at least 3 percentage points higher than the Chittagong Port container handling last year. The private depots handled a total of 709,196 TEUs of exports and 303,016 TEUs of imports in 2021.#
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