Companies in diverse sectors, including consumer electronics, automobiles and automotive parts, pharmaceuticals, and apparel are warning they are mere weeks away from running out of production-critical supplies as Chinese factories shut down and cross-border commerce...
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Global Trade Trend: Steep Surge in Holiday Toy Shipments Help Keep U.S. Import Volume at Near Record Highs
Surging imports into the U.S. towards the end of the year typically ring up holiday cheer for distributors, retailers and other businesses. But with many ports, especially those along the western seaboard, experiencing severe and sustained congestion, higher volumes...
Global Trade Data: Metals Markets Rise on Post-pandemic Demand Surges, Supply Crunch
Market watchers who bet on a post-pandemic commodities supercycle are looking like the smart money. Resurgent demand chasing short supply is driving prices to premium levels across global markets. Among the hottest sectors, metals saw prices take off from March lows...
Global Trade Data: Anxiety over EV Battery Metals, as the Biden Administration focuses on U.S. Supply Chain Resiliency
Public policy, private investment, and technological advances are making electric vehicles (EV) a practical alternative for more car owners. While the market is bullish on accelerating EV sales, there are worries, global trade data shows, about assuring supplies of...
Alcohol Imports – Ongoing Impact from COVID-19
U.S. Alcohol Imports – By Volume Heavily impacted by COVID-19 during the first half of 2020, imports of wine and spirits under chapter 22 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) continue to lag behind 2019. According to the latest available trade data from Descartes...
Industry Trends: COVID-19 and the U.S. Dependence on Pharmaceutical Imports
Pharmaceutical imports and imports of chemicals under Section VI of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) are likely to be one of the sectors most notably impacted by the coronavirus pandemic over the next several years. The commonly held belief is that Covid-19 has...
COVID-19: Global Trade Braces for Epochal Change
Last year closed with a Phase One agreement to “reset the relationship” between the U.S. and China. Roughly the same time, the first cases of the novel coronavirus were presenting themselves in Wuhan. The COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on global markets will dwarf the...
Automotive Sector Bracing for Long-Term Impact of COVID-19
Sophisticated and globally connected supply chains have made the movement of goods more efficient and accessible but, at the same time, susceptible to economic crisis and natural disasters such as the financial crisis in 2008 and the Asian Tsunami in 2011. While many...