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(a joint stock limited liability company incorporated in the People's Republic of China)

(Stock Code: 3369)


THROUGHPUT VOLUME OF THE GROUP FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2015

This announcement is made by Qinhuangdao Port Co., Ltd.*(秦皇島港股份有限公司) (the "Company", together with its subsidiaries, the "Group") pursuant to rule 13.09 of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and the inside information provisions in Part XIVA of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong).


In order to enable the shareholders and the potential investors of the Company to have a better understanding on the Company's latest business performance, the board (the "Board") of directors of the Company hereby announces the operational data of the Group (including Caofeidian Shiye, as defined below) for the year ended 31 December 2015 as follow:


Throughput by Cargo Type


Throughput for the year ended 31 December 2015


Throughput for the year ended 31 December 2014


Increase / (Decrease)

(million tonnes) (million tonnes) (%)

Dry bulk1 341.42 354.78 (3.77%)

- Coal 230.41 245.79 (6.26%)

- Metal ore2 111.01 108.99 1.85%

Oil and liquefied chemicals 7.01 7.26 (3.44%)

Container3 12.53 9.67 29.58% General and other cargoes4 9.20 10.38 (11.37%)

Total5 370.16 382.09 (3.12%)



* For identification purpose only

Notes:


  1. The dry bulk cargoes we handled mainly consist of coal and metal ores.

  2. Metal ore throughput includes the throughput of Cangzhou Huanghuagang Mineral Port Co., Ltd.* (滄州黃驊

    港礦石港務有限公司) ("Cangzhou Mineral Co."). Cangzhou Mineral Co. is a subsidiary of the Company which commenced trial operation in November 2015. For the trial operation period ended 31 December 2015, the metal ore throughput of Cangzhou Mineral Co. was 2.17 million tonnes.

  3. Measured in terms of twenty-foot equivalent unit ("TEU"), our Group's container throughput for the year ended 31 December 2015 was 1,002,676 TEUs, representing an increase of 37.73% as compared with the container throughput for the year ended 31 December 2014 (728,014 TEUs).

  4. Other cargoes include grain, fertilizer, etc.

  5. Throughput includes that of Tangshan Caofeidian Shiye Port Co., Ltd.* (唐山曹妃甸實業港務有限公司)

("Caofeidian Shiye"), which is a non-consolidated associate company of, and 35% owned by the Company. The Company is the largest shareholder of Caofeidian Shiye. For the year ended 31 December 2015, the throughput of Caofeidian Shiye was 80.42 million tonnes, consisting of 3.08 million tonnes of coal, 76.84 million tonnes of metal ores and 0.50 million tonnes of general cargoes.


Throughput by Port


Throughput for the year ended 31 December 2015 Throughput for the year ended 31 December 2014 Increase (Decrease)

(million tonnes) (million tonnes) (%)

Qinhuangdao Port1 246.55 266.13 (7.36%)

Caofeidian Port2 80.42 83.84 (4.08%)

Huanghua Port3,4 43.19 32.12 34.46%

Total5 370.16 382.09 (3.12%)



Notes:


  1. Includes container throughput. Measured in terms of TEU, our Group's throughput of containers in Qinhuangdao Port for the year ended 31 December 2015 was 500,879 TEUs, representing an increase of 20.98% as compared with the container throughput for the year ended 31 December 2014 (414,025 TEUs).

  2. Representing the throughput of Caofeidian Shiye.

  3. Includes container throughput. Measured in terms of TEU, our Group's throughput of containers in Huanghua Port for the year ended 31 December 2015 was 501,797 TEUs, representing an increase of 59.81% as compared with for the year ended 31 December 2014 (313,989 TEUs).

  4. Includes the metal ore throughput of Cangzhou Mineral Co.


Shareholders and potential investors of the Company are reminded to exercise caution when dealing in the shares of the Company.


On behalf of the Board Qinhuangdao Port Co., Ltd.* XING Luzhen

Chairman


Qinhuangdao, Hebei Province, the PRC 15 January 2016


As at the date of this announcement, the executive directors of the Company are XING Luzhen, TIAN Yunshan, WANG Lubiao and MA Xiping; the non-executive directors of the Company are ZHAO Ke, LI Jianping and MI Xianwei; and the independent non-executive directors of the Company are LI Man Choi, ZHAO Zhen, ZANG Xiuqing and HOU Shujun.


* For identification purpose only

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