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Outbound containers from Japan and 17 other Asian nations to the U.S. amounted to 1,258,799 TEUs in October 2013, growing 8.6% year on year from 1,158,615 TEUs, according to a report recently released by the Japan Maritime Center (JMC).
The JMC announced on Dec. 18 that container movement on the trade had been brisk, exceeding the 1.2-million-TEU line for four months in a row and representing one of the most massive volumes since 2007. In the first 10 months (January-October), throughput swelled 3.3% to 11,618,990TEUs.
Looking at the month in question’s exports of containerized shipments from Asia to the U.S. by origin, those from China improved 9.5% to 817,036 TEUs, increasing year on year for the sixth consecutive month and accounting for nearly 65% of the total. Those from South Korea went up 2% to 63,931 TEUs and from Taiwan, up 2.8% to 47,630 TEUs. On the other hand, containers from Japan fell 3.4% to 56,000 TEUs.
Containerized shipments from Southeast Asia were robust on almost all routes, increasing from a year earlier, except for those from Cambodia. In total, they swelled 11.2% to 168,660 TEUs. Those from South Asia achieved double-digit improvement on all routes, and in total, they surged 34% to 66,390.
Meanwhile, the JMC, which compiled the report from statistical data provided by the Port Import/Export Reporting Service (PIERS) of the U.S., unveiled that inbound containers from the U.S. to the 18 Asian countries and regions hiked 0.3% from a year earlier to 534,781 TEUs in September, enjoying a year-on-year increase for two straight months. In the first nine months, however, they declined 0.1% to 5,058,872 TEUs
