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In October, 1,416,767 TEUs of containers were moved on mainline vessels from 10 countries and regions in Asia to the U.S., which increased 6.2% year on year, according to a report recently unveiled by American research firm Descartes DataMyne. In the 10 months from January, 12,947,285 TEUs were carried on the trade route, which grew 6.1% to reach an all-time high.
Looking at the month in question’s eastbound container throughput by origin, the report, which had been compiled from Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) and bill of lading (B/L) data provided by the U.S. Customs and Boarder Protection (CBP), indicated that containers from China hiked 6.5% from a year earlier to 891,858 TEUs, which held the lion’s share of 63%. China was followed by South Korea, from which 138,352 TEUs were shipping, improving 4.9%. Containers from Hong Kong finished in third place, which rose 3.8% to 71,036 TEUs. Ranked fourth were those from Taiwan, which swelled 8.1% to 69,024 TEUs. Fifth place was taken by containers from Vietnam, which surged 29.1% to 66,122 TEUs. Coming in sixth, those from Singapore improved 4.3% to 57,759 TEUs, while, in contrast, those from Japan decreased 3.8% to 44,705 TEUs, ranking seventh place. The eighth largest source was India, from which 32,306 TEUs were exported, soaring 13.6%. Containers from Thailand grew a more notable 25.7% to 30,341 TEUs, helping the Southeast Asian nation finish in ninth place. Malaysia was listed at the bottom of the top 10 list, which shipped 15,265 TEUs, expanding 3.3%.
