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Containerized shipments from 18 countries and regions in Asia to the U.S. surged 29.2% from a year earlier to 1.278 million TEUs in February, enjoying a notable year-on-year increase of more than 20% for the second consecutive month to reach an all-time high, according to a report released by the Japan Maritime Center (JMC).
In the first two months (January-February), they soared 24.8% to 2.578 million TEUs. It is true that this year, containers from the Asian economies to the U.S. are rebounding from last year, when they plunged due to slowdowns in cargo-handling work resulting from the disputes between labor and management at port on the West Coast. From the corresponding months of 2014, however, eastbound container movement increased 13.1%, indicating that it is actually growing favorably.
The JMC report, compiled from statistical data provided by JOC Group Inc.’s Port Import/Export Reporting Service of America (PIERS), added that exports from major countries and regions in Asia to the U.S. were brisk across the board in February. For example, those from Japan went up 38.1% to 49,112 TEUs; from China, up 28.5% to 849,104 TEUs; from South Korea, up 38.9% to 58,522 TEUs; from Taiwan, up 21.1% to 51,263 TEUs and from Vietnam, up 47% to 72,192 TEUs. Containers from Southeast Asian nations totaled 177,037 TEUs, jumping 42.8%, but those from South Asia were not as powerful, growing a milder 9.5% to 64,153 TEUs.
