# Panama Canal Closes 2020 Fiscal Year with 475 Million Tons - Autoridad del Canal de Panamá

> The Panama Canal Authority reports its fiscal year ending September 30, 2020 closed with 475.1 million PC/UMS tons. Transits fell about 20% between May and July during the pandemic peak before normalizing in August and September.

- Date: 2020-10-05 · published 2020-10-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/50537-panama-canal-closes-2020-fiscal-year-with-475-million-tons-autoridad-del-canal
- Commodities: [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md)

## Why it matters

Normalized canal throughput suggests no major shipping bottleneck for US export flows, leaving freight costs largely unchanged for grain and feed trade.

## Sources

- pancanal.com: https://pancanal.com/en/panama-canal-closes-2020-fiscal-year-with-475-million-tons/

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