(ECNS) -- China handled 43.04 billion metric tons of commercial freight in the first three quarters of 2026, up 2.3% year on year, the Ministry of Transport said Monday.
Freight volume in September rose 1.3% year on year. Road freight volume totaled 32.7 billion metric tons, up 2.5%, while waterway freight volume reached 6.39 billion metric tons, up 2.2%.
China's ports handled 13.64 billion metric tons of cargo in the first three quarters, up 0.7% year on year, with throughput in September up 2.6%. Domestic cargo throughput fell 0.2%, while foreign trade cargo throughput increased 2.9%. Container throughput reached 280 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), up 4.5%.
Cross-regional passenger trips totaled 51.22 billion, up 1.2% year on year, with trips in September up 5.1%. Road passenger trips reached 46.72 billion, up 1%, while waterway passenger trips totaled 200 million, down 1.2%.
Urban passenger transport services recorded 79.28 billion trips, up 2.5%, with trips in September up 4.1%. Urban rail transit and taxis accounted for 25.46 billion and 27.25 billion passenger trips, up 3.4% and 7%, respectively. Passenger trips on public buses and trolleybuses fell 2.4% to 26.52 billion, while those on urban ferries declined 3.4% to 54.63 million.
China's transport sector recorded 2.4 trillion yuan (about $336 billion) in fixed-asset investment over the first three quarters, including 1.6 trillion yuan for highways and 157.1 billion yuan for water transport.
(By Tang Yuxian)
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