Santos Port reaches 16.5 million tons of cargo handled in April and sets other records

Santos Port Authority (APS) announced on Monday (April 25) that cargo movement at Santos Port in April reached 16.5 million tons, an increase of 11.5% compared to the same period in 2025. This figure represents the highest volume ever recorded for the month of April. For the year to date, growth of 6.6% was registered, with 59.3 million tons, the best mark for a first four-month period in the historical record.

Also in April, container movement reached 508.7 thousand TEU, an increase of 10.7% compared to the same month last year and also the best figure ever recorded for April. In the four-month cumulative, 1.91 million TEU represented growth of 5.4% compared to 2025.

Liquid bulk movement totaled 6.6 million tons in the first four months, representing an increase of 10.1% compared to the same period in 2025 and a new record for a first four-month period. In April, 1.7 million tons were moved. The highlights of the first four months were increases in shipments of diesel, fuel oil and gasoline, of 27.9%, 23.9% and 15.8%, respectively.

Another record for the period relates to solid bulk. This category reached 29.2 million tons in the first four months of 2026, 8.2% more than in 2025. The largest growth came from soybeans in grain (54.8%), sugar (16%) and pelletized soybeans (12%). In the month of April, solid bulk movement advanced 16.2% compared to April 2025.

APS also reported that Santos Port's cumulative share in Brazilian foreign trade was 28.5% in the first four months of the year.

During the period, China broadened its position as the leading trading partner: approximately 31.9% of Brazil's commercial transactions with the outside world that passed through Santos Port had the Asian country as origin or destination. The value moved in the first four months reached US$ 18.98 billion (versus US$ 6.27 billion traded with the USA, the second largest partner).

São Paulo was the state with the greatest involvement in commercial transactions with the outside world through Santos Port in the first quarter of 2026. This totaled US$ 30.3 billion, corresponding to 50.9% of the total.