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Container exports from Japan to the U.S. increased a mild 1.1% year on year to 55,928 TEUs in April, Descartes Datamyne announced recently. From the previous month, however, they shrank 3.9%, the American research company added. In the first four months (January-April), they decreased 6.6% to 194,949 TEUs.
From Japan, 39,580 TEUs were moved directly to the U.S. last month, down 3.8%, while the remaining 16,348 TEUs were transshipped in third countries, up 15.5%. Containers transshipped in South Korea accounted for 10,992 TEUs, up 21.6%; in China, 2,741 TEUs, up 18.4%; and in Taiwan, 851 TEUs, down 10.1%.
Looking at shipments moved directly to the U.S. in April by port of origin in Japan, Tokyo was responsible for 19,098 TEUs, holding the largest share of the pie, but quantitatively, it registered a decrease of 6.6% from a year earlier. In contrast, those from Kobe surged 69.3% to 12,590 TEUs, finishing in second place. Ranked third were those from Nagoya, which improved 4.7% to 11,339 TEUs. Finishing in fourth, exports from Yokohama plunged 44.2% to 594 TEUs. Those from Shimizu were also sluggish, going down 32.3% to 421 TEUs and placing the port at the bottom of the top five.
