BEIJING — China's ports registered stable growth in cargo throughput last year despite the impact of COVID-19, data from the Ministry of Transport shows.

In 2020, the cargo throughput at ports rose 4.3 percent year-on-year to 14.55 billion tons, according to the ministry.

Specifically, the foreign trade cargo throughput came in at 4.5 billion tons, up 4 percent year-on-year, and the cargo throughput for domestic trade climbed 4.4 percent from a year ago to 10.05 billion tons.

The country's container throughput at ports in 2020 stood at 260 million twenty-foot equivalent units, a yearly increase of 1.2 percent.