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Outbound containers from Japan to the U.S. jumped 64.2% from a year earlier to 55,344 TEUs in May, according to Descartes Datamyne. From a month earlier, however, they shrank 0.7%. In the first five months (January-May), they totaled 250,189 TEUs, up 3.2%.

In May, direct exports from Japan to the U.S. accounted for 38,629 TEUs, up 77.6%, while the remaining 16,715 TEUs were shipments from Japan that were transshipped in third economies, up 39.9%. More specifically, South Korea was responsible for 11,240 TEUs, up 56.3%; China for 2,419 TEUs, up 35.4%; and Taiwan for 1,112 TEUs, up 41.8%.

Looking at containers from Japan by port of origin, 17,435 TEUs were exported from Tokyo, up 43.1%. Ranked second were those from Nagoya, which skyrocketed 141.9% to 11,434 TEUs. Shipments from Kobe ballooned 118.9% to 9,374 TEUs, finishing in third place. They were followed by containers from Shimizu, which more than tripled, surging 266.2% to 714 TEUs. Taking fifth place, those from Yokohama also more than doubled, growing 117.6% to 607 TEUs.


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