In January 2024,US shipping container imports surged by 7.9%

According to the latest Global Shipping Report of Descartes Systems Group, compared with December 2023, the import volume of containers in the United States surged by 7.9% in January to 2.27 million TEUs.

Those figures are also up significantly from January 2023, according to the Japan International Freight Forwarders Association (JIFFA), by. 9% and a strong 9.6% increase from pre-pandemic levels in January 2019.

Among the top 10 ports, imports increased significantly to 149,906 TEUs, up 8.4 percent from the previous month. Their overall share rose 0.9 percent to 85.4 percent compared to smaller ports.

Significant increases were observed at major ports such as Los Angeles (21.1% or 77,085 TEUs), Long Beach (15.1% or 48,054 TEUs) and Tacoma (12.2% or 5,831 TEUs). However, throughput declined at ports such as Houston (3.6% or 6,042 TEUs) and Charleston (4.1% or 4,331 TEUs).

Freight imports from the top 10 countries also rose sharply by 9.6 percent, equivalent to 146,240 TEUs. It is worth noting that China saw the largest increase, with an increase of 117,084 TEUs, while Germany saw the largest decline, with a decrease of 2,851 TEUs.

China's share of total U.S. container imports stood at 39.8 percent, up 2.4 percent from the previous month, according to a statement. However, despite the increase, imports from China fell 1.7 percent compared to a peak of 41.5 percent in February 2022. Still, the figures represent the highest percentage of U.S. imports from China in the past two years. 

2024年1月份美国国际海运集装箱进口量激增7.9%

       据笛卡尔系统集团最新的《全球航运报告》显示，与2023年12月相比，1月份美国集装箱进口量激增7.9%，达到227万标准箱。

       据日本国际货运代理协会(JIFFA)的数据，这些数字也比2023年1月显著增长9.9%，比2019年1月大流行前的水平强劲增长9.6%。

       在排名前10位的港口中，进口量大幅增加，达到149906标准箱，比上月增长8.4%。与较小的港口相比，它们的总份额上升到85.4%，上升了0.9%。

       在洛杉矶（21.1%或77085标准箱），长滩（15.1%或48054标准箱）和塔科马（12.2%或5831标准箱）等主要港口，观察到明显的增长。然而，休斯顿（3.6%或6042标准箱）和查尔斯顿（4.1%或4331标准箱）等港口的吞吐量下降。

       来自前10个国家的进口货运量亦大幅上升9.6%，相当于146240标准箱。值得注意的是，中国的增幅最大，增加了117084标准箱，而德国的降幅最大，减少了2851标准箱。

       根据声明，中国占美国集装箱进口总量的份额为39.8%，比上月增长2.4%。然而，尽管有所增长，但与2022年2月的峰值41.5%相比，从中国的进口仍下降了1.7%。尽管如此，这些数字代表了过去两年来美国从中国进口的最高比例。