n index of export container transportation / in May 2024 increased by 14.3 percent. compared to the previous month, showed the data of the Shanghai Shipping Exchange.

At the end of last month, the average index of export container transportation amounted to 1358.71, the exchange said.

During the period, the subindex of routes to West Africa showed the highest growth, increasing by 53.3 percent in monthly terms.

It is followed by subindices of routes to South America and South Africa, which increased by 50.6 percent and 29.6 percent, respectively, in monthly terms.

On January 1, 1998, this index was set at 1,000.