- Between January and August, 381,806 automobiles were moved, 17.8% more than the same period in 2021, according to data from Puertos del Estado.
- Among the main ports of these traffics, it is the one that has grown the most this year, leading the commercial activity ahead of Barcelona and Vigo
The number of cars handled from Valenciaport terminals in the first eight months of the year has stood at 381,806 units of new unregistered vehicles (including loading, unloading, transits and transhipments), which represents a growth of 17.8% over the same period of 2021 according to data from Ports of the State. One out of every four goods vehicles that use the ports do so through the València and Sagunto sites. In total, between January and August, the Spanish ports have mobilised 1,655,291 vehicles, with a growth of 3.56%, making the Valencian docks the main port infrastructure in Spain for this type of traffic.
Thus, Valenciaport has managed 381,806 units, 57,674 more than the same period in 2021, i.e. an increase of 17.8%, well above the national average of 3.56%. Next comes the Port of Barcelona with 321,976 vehicles, 5% less, which makes it lose the first position. In third place is Vigo with 280,948 units and a decrease of 12.7%, followed by Santander with 183,918 and a decrease of 6.9%, and in fifth place is the Port of Pasaia with 159,951 vehicles and an increase of 15.8%.
Main markets
Valenciaport closed the 2021 financial year with some 490,000 vehicles, a figure that, according to the trend, will be exceeded this year 2022, in fact, in August it has already surpassed 380,000 units. Moreover, at the close of the previous financial year, cars passing through the docks of Valencia and Sagunto accounted for 1 in 5 of this type of goods handled in Spanish ports, compared to the current figures which show an upward trend.
This dynamism is particularly reflected in the last two months of this year. Thus, according to data from the Statistical Bulletin of the Port Authority of Valencia (PAV), in July and August a total of 93,279 cars have been mobilised as goods compared to 51,327 in the same period of 2021, with an increase over last year of 82%.
This vehicle traffic is mainly with Belgium, Italy and Turkey, which account for more than half of the operations. Specifically, Belgium represents 20.5%, Italy 19.6% and Turkey 13.9%. This is followed by the United Kingdom with 5.8% of the cars mobilised, the United States with 5%, Slovenia with 3.9%, Japan with 3.8% and the Netherlands with 3.6%.
In a difficult year for the automotive sector, it should also be noted that between January and August, the vehicles and transport elements sector increased sales abroad by 1.63%, with automobiles and their parts increasing by 8.79%.
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