On June 6th, we completed the data upload for May 2011 in our U.S. Customs trade data tool,
TradeIQ™. Total shipments in May increased 9.35% from April, and grew more than 9% from May of 2010. Year to date, total TEUs are up 7.9% this year over last year.
Below is a table showing port regions of the world where shipments originated:
| Port Region |
May 2011
Shipments |
Percent Change
over Apr 2011 |
Percent Change
over May 2010 |
| Asia |
555,543
|
11.72% |
7.14% |
| Europe |
116,917 |
6.42% |
17.73% |
| Central America (includes Mexico) |
46,530
|
-4.94%
|
6.74% |
| South America |
20,747
|
0.07%
|
13.4% |
| Other |
9,239
|
11.33%
|
25.26% |
| Australia, New Zealand and Oceania |
6,328
|
14.74%
|
11.02% |
Africa
|
4,196
|
5.85%
|
19.54% |
| North America |
2,662
|
10.36%
|
-2.17% |
| Total |
762,162
|
9.35% |
9.03% |
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.