U.S. imports of packaged goods fell 7.5 percent year-on-year in October
, from SeafoodNews news, the United States in October container goods imports fell 7.5 percent, from China's goods imports fell 16.3 percent, because importers of the United States President Trump's changing tariff policy cautious.
In October, U.S. ports handled a total of 2.3 million standard containers (TEU), down 0.1 percent from September and below the 2.4 million to 2.6 million standard containers (TEU) range, the second time in the past 10 years that there has been a month-on-month decline.
, due to holiday goods on the shelves, inventory is still sufficient, the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates expect the United States in November and December imports will slow down, may fall to 2 million TEU below.
partly reflects a 2024 year-end import surge.
, as the United States' largest trading partner, China's imports rose 5.4 percent to 803,901 TEUs.
's Descartes data show that, driven by China's economic recovery, the United States in October from the 10 largest source countries of imports rose 1.3, but was partially offset by the decline in Asian countries, including from India, Thailand and Vietnam's imports fell 19, 6 and 4.8 percent.
