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U.S. container imports from Japan amounted to 61,949 TEUs in April (based on volumes at ports of origin), up 11.7% year on year and 13.1% month on month, according to Descartes Datamyne. In the first four months (January-April), however, they decreased 0.7% year on year to 209,720 TEUs.
Direct shipments accounted for 39,632 TEUs in April, up 12.2% year on year, while the remaining 22,317 TEUs were transshipped on the way, up 10.7%, representing a transshipment rate of 36%, up 2.1 percentage points from March.
Looking at volumes at ports of origin, Tokyo was responsible for 14,769 TEUs in April, up 7.2% year on year for the largest share of the pie. From Nagoya, 12,052 TEUs were shipped, up 20.2%; from Kobe, 8,316 TEUs, up 7.8%; from Yokohama, 3,230 TEUs, up 11.8%; and from Osaka, 430 TEUs ,up 58.1%.
Meanwhile, U.S. exported 65,867 TEUs to Japan in March, down 6.1% year on year, which consisted of 47,627 TEUs of direct shipments, up 5.7%, and 18,240 TEUs of transshipped containers, down 27.3%.
In the first three months (January-March), U.S.-Japan exports totaled 167,619 TEUs, down 1.8% year on year. Direct shipments jumped 11.9% to 121,601 TEUs, but those transshipped in third countries and regions plunged 25.8% to 46,018 TEUs.
