Table 2. List of top 10 container ports by throughput in 2021

Rank	Port	Country	Region	2021 annual throughput (TEU)	2020 annual throughput (TEU)	Auual percent change(%)
1	Shanghai	China	Asia	47,030,000	43,501,400	8.11
2	Singapore	China	Asia	37,546,368	36,870,940	1.83
3	Ningbo	China	Asia	31,080,000	28,734,300	8.16
4	Shenzhen	China	Asia	28,760,000	26,553,000	8.31
5	Guangzhou	China	Asia	24,180,000	23,191,500	4.26
6	Qingdao	China	Asia	23,700,000	22,004,700	7.70
7	Busan	China	Asia	22,498,759	21,813,073	3.14
8	Tianjin	China	Asia	20,260,000	18,356,100	10.37
9	Hong Kong	China	Asia	17,854,000	17,952,000	–0.55
10	Rotterdam	The Netherlands	Europe	15,000,000	14,349,446	4.53

Note: Value of exports and imports is in 2020, denoted in Billion USD.
Source: Clarksons Research (2022).