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Exports of containerized shipments from Japan and 17 other Asian economies to the U.S. increased 4.4% from a year earlier to 1,235,355 TEUs in September 2013, exceeding the 1.2-million-TEU line for three months in a row, according to a report released recently by the Japan Maritime Center (JMC).
On an accumulated scale, they improved 2.4% to 10,335,214 TEUs in the first nine months (January-September).
Meanwhile, the JMC announced on Nov. 14 that imports from the U.S. to the 18 Asian nations grew 8.9% to 596,910 TEUs in August, achieving a year-on-year increase for the first time in three months.
However, they remained nearly unchanged in the period from January to August, decreasing a minute 0.1% to 4,526,998 TEUs.
Looking at containers transported eastbound from Asia to the U.S. in September closely by region of origin, the JMC, which had compiled the report from statistical data provided by the Port Import/Export Reporting Service (PIERS), said that exports from South Asia declined 3.7% to 57,031 TEUs.
As for containers from East Asia, on the other hand, those from China went up 6.4% to 835,492 TEUs; from South Korea, up 1.5% to 63,398 TEUs; from Japan, up 1.6% to 50,499 TEUs and from Taiwan, up 7.2% to 43,774 TEUs.
Exports from Southeast Asia were also robust, which hiked 2.1% to 146,717 TEUs, registering a year-on-year improvement for the fourth consecutive month.
