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Container exports from Japan to the U.S. amounted to 51,468 TEUs in June (based on volumes at port of origin), down 5% year on year for the third consecutive month of decline, Descartes Datamyne announced yesterday.
Direct shipments accounted for 33,288 TEUs, down 13.7%, while the remaining 18,180 TEUs were transshipped on the way, up 16.4%. The double-digit expansion was registered as containers moved by way of Shanghai, a new shipping alliance’s East Asian hub, are increasing.
Of the transshipment (T/S) containers, 11,930 TEUs were via South Korea, up 17.1%; 3,678 TEUs via China, up 57.5%; 1,684 TEUs via Taiwan, down 6.8%; and 223 TEUs via Singapore, down 73.4%.
In the first half (January-June), Japan exported 315,742 TEUs to the U.S., down 4.3%, which included 210,954 TEUs of direct shipments, down 7%.
Containers transshipped in third countries or regions totaled 104,788 TEUs, up 1.6%, of which 63,139 TEUs were by way of South Korea, down 5.2%; 20,384 TEUs by way of China, up 21.1%; 12,723 TEUs by way of Taiwan, up 13.2%; and 4,880 TEU by way of Singapore, down 16.1%.
