On May 9th, we completed the data upload for April 2011 in our U.S. Customs trade data tool, TradeIQ™. Total shipments in April increased by 7.25% from March, and grew nearly 6% over the previous year. Imports originating from Asia took a sharp upward turn when compared to March figures, while imports from Europe and South America dipped.

Below is a table showing port regions of the world where shipments originated:

Below is the trend of the last thirteen months showing total TEU volume and shipments as seen in Zepol's monthly vessel import press releases: 

Methodology:

Zepol's data is derived from Bills of Lading entered into the Automated Manifest System. This information represents the number of House manifests entered by importers of waterborne vessel goods. This is the earliest indicator for trade data available for the previous month’s import activity. The data excludes shipments from empty containers, excludes shipments labeled as freight remaining on board, and may contain other data anomalies.

On April 11th, we completed the data upload for March 2011 in our U.S. Customs trade data tool, TradeIQ™. Total shipments in March increased by 2.32% from February, and grew 1% over the previous year. Imports originating from Asia fell when compared to February figures, while imports from Europe, measured in shipments, increased a noteworthy 31.32%.

Below is a table showing port regions of the world where shipments originated:

 

Below is the trend of the last thirteen months showing total TEU volume and shipments as seen in Zepol's monthly containerized import press releases: 

Methodology:

Zepol's data is derived from Bills of Lading entered into the Automated Manifest System. This information represents the number of House manifests entered by importers of waterborne containerized goods. This is the earliest indicator for trade data available for the previous month’s import activity. The data excludes shipments from empty containers, excludes shipments labeled as freight remaining on board, and may contain other data anomalies.

On March 7th, we completed the data for February 2011 in our U.S. Customs trade data tool, TradeIQ. Total shipments in February decreased by 11.09% from January, and grew 7.27% over the previous year. Asian origin imports fell when compared to January figures, while imports from Central America, measured in Shipments, increased 6.07% as the demand for fresh fruit took an upward turn.

Below is a table showing port regions of the world where shipments originated:

U.S. Ports on the Atlantic Coast show the greatest increases in volumes for February 2011 over January 2011. The most noteworthy increases were West Palm Beach, FL and Chester, PA with increases of 37.86% and 18.73% respectively. Overall, levels dropped on the Pacific coast with an overall average decrease of 14.15% from January.

Below is the trend of the last thirteen months showing total TEU volume and shipments as seen in Zepol's monthly containerized import press releases: 

Methodology:

Zepol's data is derived from Bills of Lading entered into the Automated Manifest System. This information represents the number of House manifests entered by importers of waterborne containerized goods. This is the earliest indicator for trade data available for the previous month’s import activity. The data excludes shipments from empty containers, excludes shipments labeled as freight remaining on board, and may contain other data anomalies.

Zepol has created a report profiling the top 25 U.S. ports for containerized imports for 2010. This report provides detailed information for each port and compares trends to the previous year as well as sheds light upon potential future developments. Profiles for each port include key consignees, top carrier partners, international ports, TEU volume, and value of products imported.

4 Key Insights Found in the Report:

1. Based on TEU volume, 23 of the 25 ports posted positive growth from 2009 to 2010
   
2. Los Angeles claimed the top port with 4 million TEUs recorded and a 13% increase over 2009
3. Shanghai is a dominate port partner with 9 of the top 10 ports
4. The top 10 ports had an average TEU increase of 17.38% from 2009 to 2010

To download the report, please click this link.

Zepol is pleased to provide this report for free with registration and hopes that the information is helpful in better understanding your market. Please let us know if you have any questions about the contents of our report by filling out our Contact Me form.