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Container exports from Japan to the U.S. amounted to 53,298 TEUs in October (based on volumes at ports of origin), down 8.6% from a year earlier, Descartes Datamyne announced yesterday. From the previous month, they jumped 26.7%. In the first 10 months (January-October), they added up to 528,492 TEUs, down 2.4%.
Direct shipments came to 37,555 TEUs in October, down 13.3% year on year, while the remaining 15,743 TEUs were transshipped on the way, up 5.3%, accounting for 29.5% of the total.
Breaking down transshipped containers, 11,079 TEUs were via South Korea, up 9.4%; 2,402 TEUs via China, up 22.5%; 1,443 TEUs via Taiwan, up 1.8%; and 267 TEUs via Singapore, down 73.7%.
As for direct exports from Japan to the U.S., 13,964 TEUs were from Tokyo, down 21.6%; 12,083 TEUs from Nagoya, down 1.5%; 7,494 TEUs from Kobe, down 23.5%; 2,699 TEUs from Yokohama, up 5.8%; and 470 TEUs from Osaka, up 94.2%. Throughput almost doubled at Osaka because of an increase in auto-related products, which are preferably transported directly on the route.
By commodity, vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS Code 87) were up 5.2% to 12,001 TEUs; Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS Code 84), down 16.9% to 11,909 TEUs; rubber and products thereof (HS Code 40), up 1% to 5,747 TEUs; plastics and products thereof (HS Code 40), down 14% to 5,561 TEUs; and Electrical machinery and equipment, and parts thereof, including sound and video recorders and reproducers (HS Code 85), down 3.4% to 3,314 TEUs.
