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Container movements from Japan to the U.S. totaled 643,433 TEUs in 2024 (based on volumes at ports of origin), up 5.7% from the previous calendar year, Descartes Datamyne announced yesterday. Direct shipments amounted to 445,147 TEUs, up 13.8%, while the remaining 198,286 TEUs were transshipped on the way, down 9%, accounting for 30.8% of the total, down by five percentage points.
Looking at direct shipments, 182,538 TEUs were from Tokyo, up 8.9%; 129,529 TEUs from Nagoya, up 17.4%; 91,380 TEUs from Kobe, up 11.1%; 30,715 TEUs from Yokohama, up 27.6%; and 3,964 TEUs from Shimizu, down 18.8%.
By commodity, machinery came to 154,585 TEUs, up 2.9%, holding the leading share of the pie; auto-related products, 138,089 TEUs, up 8.7%, finishing in second place; rubber and rubber products, 68,711 TEUs, down 6.9%, coming in third; plastic and plastic products, 67,334 TEUs, up 15.7%, ranking fourth; and electrical products, 35,633 TEUs, down 8.5%, coming at the bottom of the top five.
In December alone, containers from Japan to the U.S. aggregated 48,739 TEUs, up 0.1% for a year-on-year increase for three months in a row. Those moved directly on the trade improved 2.1% to 34,264 TEUs, while those carried by way of third countries and regions shrank 4.4% to 14,475 TEUs, accounting for 29.7% of the total.
By port of origin, Tokyo shipped 14,096 TEUs, down 2.6%; Nagoya, 9,902 TEUs, up 3.1%; Kobe, 6,980 TEUs, up 7.8%; Yokohama, 2,428 TEUs up 18.8%; and Shimizu, 347 TEUs, down 15.2%.
