Port Adelaide and Outer Harbor port facilities operate together to perform a significant role in supporting the import and export trade of the state, in particular the export of agricultural, mining and manufactured goods.
Port Adelaide/Outer Harbor has the greatest throughput in terms of mass tonnes, accounting for 91 per cent of imports and 55 per cent of exports for the state in 2013.445 Port Adelaide operated at 87 per cent of capacity in 2011.
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445. Ports Australia (2014b)