Japan’s exports to the United States rose for the fifth straight month in May on a year-on-year basis, surging 16.3 percent to 1.041 trillion yen ($10.96 billion), according to preliminary figures released by the Finance Ministry on June 19.
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17 Jun 2013
In May, India’s exports were valued at $24.5 billion, falling 1.1 percent from $24.8 billion in the same month in the previous year, and imports were valued at $44.6 billion, rising 7.0 percent from May 2012’s $41.7 billion...
17 Jun 2013
Cathay Pacific Airways reported that Cathay Pacific and Dragonair combined carried 121,529 metric tons of cargo and mail in May, down 1.5 percent compared with May 2012.
17 Jun 2013
Containers of footwear imported through U.S. ports jumped 14 percent year-over-year in the first quarter of 2013, the largest increase since fourth quarter 2010, according to data from PIERS, a JOC sister company.
11 Jun 2013
Containers of auto parts imported through U.S. ports in the first quarter of 2013 were up year-over-year for a 14th straight quarter. Although the rate inched up from 8.1 percent in fourth quarter 2012 to 8.3 percent in first quarter 2013, the rate of growth has formed an overall trend of deceleration.
10 Jun 2013
U.S. containerized imports registered their lowest growth rate since the 2008-09 recession ended, increasing just 1.5 percent to 17.1 million 20-foot-equivalent units last year, according to the JOC’s quarterly Container Shipping Outlook.
07 Jun 2013
The volume of U.S. beef exports in April was 86,433 metric tons, down 9 percent year-over-year, and export value was $434.8 million, down 7 percent compared with the value in April 2012...
06 Jun 2013
Australia reported its third consecutive monthly trade surplus in April, at $28 million, according to data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
06 Jun 2013
U.S. steel exports in April were 1.0 million tons, declining 5.3 percent from 1.1 million tons in the previous month and 10.7 percent compared with April 2012, according to government reporting.
06 Jun 2013
California’s merchandise export trade in April totaled $13.07 billion, up from $13.03 billion in exports reported in April 2012, according to an analysis by Beacon Economics of foreign trade data released by the U.S. Commerce Department.
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