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In October 2012, outbound shipments from 18 Asian countries and regions to the U.S. increased 3.1% from a year earlier to 1.178 million TEUs, enjoying a year-on-year improvement for the second consecutive month, according to a report recently unveiled the Japan Maritime Center (JMC).
More specifically by origin, growth was made for those from Japan, which went up 6.3%; from China, up 4.3%; and Vietnam, up 9.5%.
The JMC, which compiled the report from statistical data provided by the Port Import/Export Reporting Service （PIERS） of the U.S., said that exports from Japan picked up 6.3% from the corresponding month of the previous calendar year to 60,400 TEUs and from China, 4.3% to 767,000 TEUs.
On the other hand, those from Hong Kong were weak, falling 2.8% to 46,000 TEUs, which was a year-on-year decline for seven months in a row.
Containers from China and Hong Kong combined grew 3.8% to 812,000 TEUs, a year-on-year increase for two straight months, enjoying a combined share of 69% of the pie.
As for exports from other countries and regions, those from South Korea decreased 2.6% to 59,500 TEUs and from Taiwan, 3.6% to 43,000 TEUs.
In contrast, those from Southeast Asia hiked 6.7% to 152,000 TEUs, but those form South Asia plunged 8.1% to 50,000 TEUs.
