For December, the most recent month for which data is available, import volume—at 2.09 million TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units)—was off 1.2% compared to November and was down 1% annually. May 2021 remains the all-time highest-volume month, at 2.33 million TEU). And for calendar year 2021, imports came in at 25.8 million TEU, for a 17.4% annual increase, setting a new record and breaking the previous record, of 22 million TEU, set in 2020 against the backdrop of the pandemic.
Source: logistics Mgmt
Port Tracker report eyes lower volumes but still-steady import levels for 2022
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