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U.S. container imports from 10 Asian countries and regions amounted to 1.89 million TEUs in August (based on volumes at ports of origin), up 2% year on year, according to statistics compiled by Descartes Datamyne from data provided by the Customs and Border Protection (CBP). From the previous month, they improved 4.7%. In the first eight months, they added up to 13.76 million TEUs, up 1% from a year earlier.
In August, the U.S. imported a total of 2.6 million TEUs, up 2.8% year on year.
By origin, imports from China accounted for 962,615 TEUs last month, which fell 3% year on year but exceeded the 900,000-TEU mark for the fourth consecutive month. Those from Vietnam came to 297,620 TEUs, up 14.5%; from South Korea, 232,347 TEUs, up 22.1%; from Thailand, 82,864 TEUs; and from India, 78,043 TEUs, down 12.2%. Containers from Japan finished in eighth place, swelling 10.4% to 36,274 TEUs.
By commodity, furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated nameplates and the like; prefabricated buildings (HS Code 94) declined 3.3% year on year to 268,893 TEUs, but managed to hold the largest share of the pie. Plastic and products thereof (HS Code 39) were up 7% to 207,092 TEUs; Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS Code 84), down 1% to 191,104 TEUs; Electrical machinery and equipment, and parts thereof, including sound and video recorders and reproducers (HS Code 85), down 3.8% to 157,044 TEUs; and Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof (HS Code 95), up 1.8% to 123,752 TEUs. Coming in sixth place, articles of iron or steel (HS Code 73) jumped 31.1% to 102,558 TEUs. Behind the notable increase were a last-minute surge in demand in anticipation of additional tariffs on imports from China and demand for materials for the construction of data centers, according to Descartes Datamyne.
