On October 11th, Zepol completed their September, 2011 data upload for their U.S. Customs trade data tool, TradeIQ™. Total shipments in September decreased nearly 9% from August, and also decreased 2.31% from September of 2010. Year to date, total TEUs are up 1.44% this year over last year.
Below is a table showing port regions of the world where shipments originated:
| Port Region |
September 2011
Shipments |
Percent Change
over August 2011 |
Percent Change
over September 2010 |
| Asia |
540,789
|
-8.22%
|
-4.06% |
| Europe |
96,114
|
-15.22% |
6.48% |
| Other |
29,775
|
-11.55%
|
-4.88% |
| South America |
27,076
|
5.33%
|
5.96% |
Central America (includes Mexico)
|
22,528
|
-7.35%
|
-0.74% |
Middle East
|
9,884
|
-15.41% |
-7.80% |
| Australia, New Zealand and Oceania |
7,852
|
-13.78%
|
9.16% |
North America
|
5,136
|
13.58%
|
-0.73% |
Africa
|
3,846
|
-15.75%
|
-4.28% |
| Total |
743,000
|
-8.96% |
-2.31% |
Below is the trend of the last 13 months showing total TEU volume and shipments as seen in Zepol's monthly vessel import press release:
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.