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Container shipments between Japan and China in May increased slightly by 0.9% over the same period in 2009, to 223,807 TEUs, according to the Shipping Conference and General Administration (SCAGA).
In May, exports from Japan to China fell 2.6% from a year before to 78,394 TEUs, the first decline in the past three months, while imports from China to Japan rose 2.9% on year to 145,413 TEUs, achieving the fourth consecutive month of increase. The decline in exports is mainly attributable to the slowdown of Shanghai-bound shipments which suffered a 15.8% drop to 40,641 TEUs in May.
For the first five months of the year, box traffic between Japan and China climbed 9.1% from a year earlier to 1,173,280 TEUs. Container exports from Japan to China saw a double-digit increase of 11.9% on year to 414,114 TEUs in the five-month period and container imports also rose 9.1% to 759,166 TEUs.
