4 Shenzhen Throughput: 21,416,400teu (+1.5%)

摘要

Having recorded the lowest throughput growth in China last year, Shenzhen saw box volume slide more than 20% in the first quarter of 2009, compared with the 13% decline recorded for Chinese coastal ports overall.rnThe "big brother" in the Pearl River Delta region that was hardest hit among all Chinese port clusters in the global financial crisis, has more than half of its volumes made up of export cargo.rnResearch suggests that the shrinkage of exports was a mixed result from lowering global demands, which has led to the closing down of factories, and a shift of product mix in the region from toys and garments to high-end technology products that has lengthened the production cycle and reduced product size.