ECONOMIC REVIEW

Currently, maritime container trade in Asia is still centered in China with a regional route volume of 24.4 million TEU and a high volume of trade between China-East Asia and China-Southeast Asia. However, China’s regional route trade volume growth rate in 2019 was 0%. On the other hand, Southeast Asia experienced higher growth in container in/outbound traffic. The Southeast Asian regional route had a trade volume of 40.4 million TEU with a growth rate of 3%.

In the non-container market, the highest trade volume occurred between China and Southeast Asia with a volume reaching