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Container exports from 10 major Asian economies to the U.S. amounted to 1.61 million TEUs in September (based on volumes at ports of origin), which grew 5.2% from the same month of 2022, their first year-on-year improvement in 14 months, according to statistics compiled by Descartes Datamyne from Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) and bill-of-lading (B/L) data provided by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
China was the leading source of U.S.-bound shipments, exporting 942,548 TEUs, which increased 6%, its first year-on-year increase in 13 months. Those from Vietnam and Singapore were both favorable, swelling 0.2% to 153,604 TEUs and a more notable 14.7% to 75,904 TEUs, respectively. In contrast, exports from South Korea, Taiwan and India were not, which decreased 0.7% 162,331 TEUs, 5.2% to 70,993 TEUs and 2.3% to 70,096 TEUs, respectively. Containers from Japan jumped 61.1% to 44,545 TEUs.
In January-September, Asia's exports to the U.S. totaled 12.861 million TEUs, which plunged 17.2%. They were slightly higher than in the corresponding nine months of the pre-pandemic year of 2019.
Overall U.S. imports aggregated 2.22 million TEUs in September (based on volumes at ports of origin), which picked up 0.6%.
Meanwhile, container imports from the U.S. to the 10 major Asian countries and regions came to 431,302 TEUs in August (based on volumes at ports of destination), which shrank 5.6%.
Imports to China went down 1.1% to 129,507 TEUs; to Japan, down 17.3% to 49,717 TEUs; to South Korea, down 21.8% to 42,044 TEUs; to Taiwan, down 1.1% to 40,741 TEUs; and to India, up 7% to 41,336 TEUs.
In January-August, the 10 Asian nations imported a total of 3.6 million TEUs, which declined 1.5%.
