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Eastbound containers from Asia's 18 countries and territories to the U.S. rose 13.1% from a year earlier to 998,000 TEUs in April 2010 marking a year-on-year increase for the fifth straight month, while westbound boxes from the U.S. to Asia increased 5.8% on year to 5637,000 TEUs, according to a report compiled by the Japan Maritime Center (JMC).
Outbound shipments from Japan to the U.S. showed a strong 14.5% increase to 56,912 TEUs thanks to increases in auto-related products. Expors from China showed a milder gain of 8.1% over the same period in 2009 to 633,304 TEUs in April, while those from Hong Kong surged 22.9% from a year earlier to 38,719 TEUs. South Korea enjoyed a massive expansion with 31.5% increase to 56,912 TEUs and Taiwan also saw a robust year-on-year increase of 25.7% to 43,006 TEUs.
Container volume from Southeast Asia totaled 124,662 TEUs, representing a 21.2% increase over the same period last year.
For the first four months, eastbound transpacific volume climbed 12.6% from the same period last year to 3.84 million TEUs while westbound box traffic grew 12.6% to 2.03 million TEUs.
