According to Zepol's online database of U.S. ocean imports,
TradeIQ™, July TEUs are up 9% from June and up from July of 2011 by 10.8%. The increase pushed July to a record-high for the year in terms of import volume per month.
The table below shows continental port regions of the world where U.S. import shipments originated:
| Port Region |
July 2012
Shipments
|
Percent Change
over June 2012
|
Percent Change
over July 2011
|
| Asia |
585,406
|
9.70%
|
10.07%
|
| Europe |
138,799
|
15.96%
|
21.54%
|
| Central America
|
49,782
|
11.17%
|
15.17%
|
South America
|
21,938
|
8.92%
|
22.89%
|
Middle East
|
16,276
|
16.64%
|
18.09%
|
| Other
|
11,355
|
17.63%
|
19.94%
|
Australia, New Zealand and Oceania
|
5,571 |
-18.71%
|
-9.77%
|
| North America
|
3,351
|
-7.48%
|
-9.68%
|
Africa
|
4,404
|
47.29%
|
-13.39%
|
| Total |
836,882
|
10.8%
|
12.28%
|
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 (FROB), and may contain other data anomalies.