BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 22. The ports of Türkiye received 53,551 tons of aluminum oxide from January through April 2023, Trend reports.
Data of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure shows that during this period, the transportation of aluminum oxide to the ports was carried out only by ships under the flags of other countries.
At the same time, in the reporting period, aluminum oxide was not transported by the Turkish ports in transit.
Meanwhile, the ports handled 33.6 million tons of cargo in April 2023.
During the specified period, cargo transportation by ships under the country's flag through domestic ports amounted to 2.3 million tons, while cargo transportation through the ports of Türkiye by ships under the flags of other countries reached 31.2 million tons.
In addition, in the third month of the current year, the ports handled 5.1 million tons of transit cargo.
The ports of the country handled 125.2 million tons of cargo from January through April this year.
During this period, cargo transportation by ships under the country's flag amounted to 8.8 million tons, while cargo transportation through its ports by ships under the flags of other countries totaled 116.3 million tons.
Overall, the Turkish ports handled 23.4 million tons of transit cargo in the accounting period.