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Container trade from Japan to the U.S. shrank 2.1% year on year in August, amounting to 53,263 TEUs (based on volumes at ports of origin), according to Descartes Datamyne. From the previous month, it decreased 6.5%.
In the first eight months (January–August), 418,213 TEUs of containers were moved on the route, down 3.4% year on year.
In August, 35,199 TEUs were transported directly from Japan to the U.S., up 7.4% year on year, while the remaining 18,064 TEUs were transshipped on the way, down 16.5%, which accounted for 33.9% of the total, down by 5.9 percentage points. From July, however, transshipment containers expanded 18.2% in terms of volume, their first increase in four months. South Korea transshipped 12,306 TEUs, down 14.2%; China, 2,724 TEUs, down 37.7%; Taiwan, 1,831 TEUs, down 15.2%; and Singapore, 240 TEUs, up 96.7%.
By port of origin in Japan, 11,879 TEUs were shipped from Nagoya in August, up 12.9% year on year, 11,479 TEUs from Tokyo, down 8.3%, 7,802 TEUs from Kobe, up 21%; and 3,281 TEUs from Yokohama, up 68.1%.
By commodity, 11,922 TEUs of nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery, mechanical appliances, and parts thereof (HS Code 84) were carried from Japan to the U.S. last month, down 7.9% year on year; 10,094 TEUs of vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS Code 87), down 8.9%; 6,472 TEUs of rubber and products thereof (HS Code 40), down 6.2%; 5,723 TEUs of plastics and products thereof (Hs Code 39), up 10.9%; and 3,583 TEUs of electric machinery and equipment, and parts thereof, including sound and visual recorders and reproducers (HS Code 85), up 23.6% due to a notable increase in lithium-ion batteries for EVs.
