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Combined volume of containerized shipments transported by major shipping companies on the intra-Asia trade - or among 12 Asian countries and regions - was not very favorable in January 2011.
On a preliminary basis, it increased a slight 1.1% to 1.021 million TEUs from the 1.01 million TEUs handled in January 2010.
Focusing on trades to and from Japan, exports suffered a double-digit decrease, plunging 15.4% to 144,000 TEUs.
Although containers destined to Thailand were brisk, those to the other trade partners were all smaller than a year earlier.
On the other hand, imports to Japan were steady, rising 9.6% to 195,000 TEUs.
More specifically, exports from Japan to Taiwan fell 5.9% from year on year to 18,000 TEUs and to Hong Kong, a more significant 29% to 12,000 TEUs.
Looking at shipments to Southeast Asia, those to Thailand climbed 4.9% to 21,000 TEUs, but containers to other nations in the region were all sluggish, including those to Vietnam plummeting 22.6% to 7,000 TEUs.
Exports to Indonesia declined 8% to 8,000 TEUs; to Malaysia, 4.9% to 7,000 TEUs; to the Philippines, 16.5% to 6,000 TEUs and to Singapore, 14.4% to 4,000 TEUs.
Meanwhile, imports from Taiwan to Japan went down 10.2% from a year earlier to 14,000 TEUs, but those from Hong Kong soared 15% to 13,000 TEUs.
Regarding containers from Southeast Asia, those from Thailand surged 24.2% to 21,000 TEUs; from Malaysia, 58.7% to 12,000 TEUs; from Vietnam, 11.7% to 11,000 TEUs and from the Philippines, 35.4% to 7,000 TEUs.
In contrast, shipments from Indonesia contracted 12.2% to 11,000 TEUs and from Singapore, 2% to 4,000 TEUs.
