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A total of 1,107,494 TEUs of containerized shipments were traded from 18 economies in Asia to the U.S. in December 2013, growing 10.5% from a year earlier and representing a year-on-year improvement for the seventh consecutive month, according to an announcement made by the Japan Maritime Center (JMC). On an annual scale, eastbound containers increased 3.5% to 13,847,976 TEUs last year, thanks to the recovery of freight movement made in the second half of the calendar year, exceeding the 13-million-TEU line for four years in a row. In November, westbound shipments from the U.S. to the 18 Asian nations and regions surged 14.7% to 609,833 TEUs, rising year on year for four straight months. Imports were robust on a cumulative basis as well, which climbed 2.2% to 6,289,858 TEUs in the first 11 months.
Looking at containers exported from the 18 Asian countries and regions to the U.S. in December by origin, the JMC, which made the announcement based on statistical data provided by the Port Import/Export Reporting Service (PIERS) of the U.S., added that those from Japan went up 4.4% from the corresponding months of 2012 to 49,707 TEUs; from China, up 10.1% to 718,493 TEUs; from South Korea, up 18.1% to 55,889 TEUs; from Taiwan, up 8.7% to 45,533 TEUs; from Hong Kong, up 5.1% to 33,314 TEUs; from Southeast Asia, up 13% to 152,906 TEUs and from South Asia, up 14% to 51,594 TEUs.
