Chongqing recorded a foreign trade container throughput of 21,787 teu in March, up 28.8 per cent from the previous month. However, in the first three months of the year, foreign trade container throughput in Chongqing was 58,000 teu, down 12.4 per cent over the same period last year. This was slightly greater than the average decline in Yangtze port container throughput in the first quarter of 11.4 per cent.