Wastepaper is a bedrock of U.S. exports, accounting for more than 20 of the top 100 U.S. exporters of containerized cargo and more than 15 percent of total export containers. That’s unlikely to change soon, but two emerging trends could slow future growth.
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24 May 2013
One step forward, a half-step backward. That’s expected to be the story of the U.S. economy, and containerized imports and exports, through the rest of 2013.
23 May 2013
When Jones Lang LaSalle, the Boston-based commercial real estate services firm, released its first quarter industrial real estate market report, several facts underscored the recovery taking place throughout the United States: sustained declines in national vacancy rates, increased absorption of existing space, rising rental prices and a surge in construction that, in the first three months of the year, stood at a five-year high.
22 May 2013
Rebecca Blank, U.S. acting secretary of commerce, has honored 57 U.S. companies and organizations that export goods or services at the 2013 President’s “E” Awards ceremony...
21 May 2013
U.S. diesel prices saw slight increases in the week ending May 20, the second week of rising prices after a 10-week slump, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
16 May 2013
The U.S. Industrial Production Index was down 0.5 percent month-to-month in April 2013, the largest decline since August 2012, according to the latest retail report from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
16 May 2013
U.S. manufacturing and agricultural exports to Colombia are on the rise, as the trade agreement between the two nations reaches its one-year mark, according to Acting U.S. Trade Representative Demetrios Marantis.
14 May 2013
Import volume at the U.S.’s major retail container ports is expected to rise 3.3 percent in May compared with the same month last year, but growth could slow to a standstill by the end of the summer...
14 May 2013
FTR Associates’ Shippers Conditions Index for March improved from February’s negative 9.5 reading to a current reading of negative 7.3, indicating a slightly better but still negative environment for shippers.
14 May 2013
U.S. diesel prices rose in the week ending May 13, ending a 10-week decline, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
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