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The report explained that optimism for the expected high levels of imports is a result of increased vaccination and continued in-store safety measures enabling additional shopping options.

For all of 2020, the report stated that total imports—at 22 million TEU—saw a 1.9% annual gain over the 21.6 million TEU recorded for 2019, setting a new annual record, topping 2018’s 1.89 million TEU.

Port Tracker reported for November, the most recent month for which data is available, U.S-based retail container ports handled 2.11 million Twenty-Foot Equivalents (TEU), marking a 24.5% annual gain and. 4.9% slide from October’s 2.21 million TEU, the highest-volume month on record since NRF starting tracking imports in 2002.

Port Tracker reported for October, the most recent month for which data is available, U.S-based retail container ports handled 2.21 million Twenty-Foot Equivalents (TEU), which set a new record, topping September’s 2.11 million TEU and August’s 2.1 million TEU, which marked the highest tally for containers imported in a single month, at the time, going back to when NRF first started tracking imports in 2002.

Port Tracker reported for September, the most recent month for which data is available, U.S-based retail container ports handled 2.11 million Twenty Foot Equivalent Units (TEU), for a new record, topping August’s 2.1 million TEU, which marked the highest tally for containers imported in a single month, at the time, going back to when NRF first started tracking imports in 2002.

Port Tracker reported for August, the most recent month for which data is available, U.S-based retail container ports handled 2.1 million Twenty Foot Equivalent Units (TEU), marking a 9.7% gain over July and an 8% annual increase. The report said that this is the highest tally for containers imported in a single month, going back to when NRF first started tracking imports in 2002.

Higher than expected import levels, driven by the ongoing reopening of the United States economy and retailers focused on inventory restocking, in advance of the holiday season, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, were some of the key themes of the new Port Tracker report, which was issued today by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and maritime consultancy Hackett Associates.

The main thesis of the new Port Tracker report, which was issued today by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and maritime consultancy Hackett Associates, confirms what many industry stakeholders largely assumed, in that 2020 United States-bound retailer container import volumes will fall to the lowest levels in four years, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Port Tracker found that for May, the most recent month for which data is available, U.S.-based retail container ports handled 1.53 million Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEU), which represented a 4.8% decline compared to April and a 17.2% annual decline.

While still at very low levels, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, May volumes at United States-based retail container ports saw some signs of easing, according to the new edition of the Port Tracker report, which was issued today by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and maritime consultancy Hackett Associates.

Heavy declines for imports at United States-based retail container ports, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, are expected to continue in the coming months, according to the new edition of the Port Tracker report, which was issued today by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and maritime consultancy Hackett Associates.

NRF Vice President for Supply Chain and Customs Policy Jonathan Gold noted in the report that even with factories in China getting back online, there still remains fewer U.S.-bound imports than were initially expected.

Given how the coronavirus continues to spread, the subsequent impact on global shipping operations is expected to be longer, larger, and more lasting than was first thought, coupled with factory shutdowns and travel restrictions in China affecting production according to the most recent edition of the Port Tracker report issued today by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and maritime consultancy Hackett Associates.

The coronavirus is continuing to impact United States-bound consumer goods originating out of China, according to the most recent edition of the Port Tracker report, which was issued today by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and maritime consultancy Hackett Associates.

The theme of “back to normal” season patterns for United States-bound consumer goods may be ready to take hold in early 2020, following an even 2019 that was riddled with atypical trends and volumes related to the U.S.-China trade war and related tension. That was the word from the most recent edition of the Port Tracker Report, which was issued today by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and maritime consultancy Hackett Associates.