U.S. imports are strong and continuing to grow with the outlook remaining positive into 2024. The disruptions in the Red Sea and at the Panama Canal have not impacted the number of containers arriving at U.S. ports with analysts reporting carriers have successfully...
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U.S. container import volume was up nearly 10% in December compared to the same month last year
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U.S. container imports in December 2023, in 20-foot equivalent units, down 9.2% from the year before but up 0.4% from November 2023, leaving U.S. annual import volume down 11.7% last year compared with 2022, according to Descartes Datamyne.
With all the headlines on trade disruptions, you might have expected U.S. imports to fall in December. They didn’t, according to new data from Descartes. The U.S. imported 2,107,012 twenty-foot equivalent units of containerized goods in December, up 0.4% from November...
U.S. container import volume was up nearly 10% in December compared to the same month last year and continued to trend higher than pre-pandemic levels through peak shipping season, according to the latest Global Shipping Report by Descartes Systems Group....
US imports rose slightly in December from November, according to logistics and software provider Descartes. Despite restrictions and congestion in the Panama Canal, major east and US Gulf coast ports made gains, while west coast ports saw volumes fall sequentially....
