Containers are stored at Ningbo Zhoushan Port, Zhejiang province. [Photo by YAO FENG/CHINA DAILY]

Container throughput at China's ports continued stable growth in the first 11 months of 2022, data from the Ministry of Transport showed Wednesday.

During this period, some 270 million twenty-foot equivalent units of containers were handled at the country's ports, up 4.2 percent year-on-year, according to the ministry.

Cargo throughput at China's ports edged up 0.7 percent year-on-year to 14.31 billion metric tons over the same period, the data revealed.

Cargo throughput for domestic trade went up 2.2 percent year-on-year during this period, while that for foreign trade fell by 2.5 percent.