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Brisbane handled a total of 142,597 TEU in October 2022, an increase of 13 per cent on total container throughput in October 2021, reports Australia's Daily Cargo News.

This increase was driven by robust growth in both imports and exports of containerized cargo.

In total, Port of Brisbane handled 66,949 TEU of containerized imports in October, up 12.3 per cent on the same month last year.

The largest import commodity for the month was "import other", up 19 per cent to 29,951 TEU.

The second biggest containerized import commodity for the month was household items, up 7 per cent to 8,717 TEU. This was followed by building products, up 26 per cent to 7,249 TEU.

Exports that went through the Port of Brisbane in October came to 69,119 TEU, an increase of 17 per cent on the same month last year.

The biggest export commodity, as usual, was fresh Queensland air, with 34,276 TEU of empty containers exported over the month - an increase of 15 per cent on empty exports in October 2021.

The ports second-biggest export commodity for the month was "export other" at 13,294 TEU (up 13.8 per cent) - this was followed by containerized cotton exports at 6,758 TEU (up 110 per cent on last year).

Zooming out and looking at total trade (including containerized and non-containerized cargo) through Port of Brisbane, the port handled 2.72 million tonnes. This was an increase of 2.6 per cent on October 2021.