BEIJING - Cargo throughput at China's ports maintained stable growth in the first 11 months of 2020, rising 4.2 percent year-on-year to 13.25 billion tons, official data shows.

In November alone, cargo throughput at ports saw a rapid annual increase of 9 percent to 1.32 billion tons, with the foreign trade cargo throughput rising 2.7 percent year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Transport.

The country's container throughput at ports stood at 240 million twenty-foot equivalent units in the first 11 months of 2020, up 0.8 percent year-on-year.

The growth rate returned to the positive territory, improving from a 0.03 percent drop in the first 10 months, the ministry said.