During fiscal year 2021 (ranging from October 2020 to September 2021), the leading trade route in the Panama Canal in terms of traffic was the route going from the United States' East Coast to Asia, with more that 268 thousand net PC/UMS tons. The route from the U.S. East Coast to South America's West Coast trailed in second, with over 41.4 thousand tons.
Principal trade routes in the Panama Canal in FY 2021, by net tonnage
only includes oceangoing commercial traffic; small commercial traffic not included
Supplementary notes
* The tonnage measurement system for the Panama Canal tolls assessment is the Panama Canal Universal System (PC/UMS). This amount also includes the PC/UMS tonnage for full containership and passenger vessels.
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Panama Canal Authority . (October 13, 2021). Principal trade routes in the Panama Canal in FY 2021, by net tonnage [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/710269/panama-canal-traffic-principal-trade-routes/
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