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Exports of containerized shipments to the U.S. from Japan and 17 other Asian economies plunged in November 2012, according to a report recently unveiled by the Japan Maritime Center (JMC).
Eastbound container throughput on the trade decreased 12.4% year on year to 987,518 TEUs in the month in question, when container movement is normally powerful for shipments for Christmas business.
Negative factors included Hurricane Sandy and the strike at the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, although some economic indexes in the U.S. were favorable.
The JMC, which compiled the report from statistical data provided by the U.S.’ Port Import/Export Reporting Service (PIERS), added that in the first eleven months of 2012 (January-November), exports from Asia to the U.S. totaled 12.227 million TEUs, improving 0.7% from a year earlier.
Meanwhile, westbound containers from the U.S. to Asia went down 7.3% year on year to 521,012 TEUs in November.
From January to November, they amounted to 6.137 million TEUs, rising a very minute 0.05%.
Container movement on the trade is estimated to have levelled off on both directions on a yearly scale in 2012.
