Bloomberg – US Container Imports Stay Solid Heading Into Dockworkers Strike

US container imports stayed elevated in September near pandemic-era peaks, fueled by goods from China and worries about a strike by longshoremen, new figures showed.

Volume reached 2.52 million containers measured in 20-foot equivalent units, the second-highest level this year and a 14.4% increase from the same month a year earlier, according to a report released Tuesday from Descartes Systems Group. The all-time high was 2.62 million set in May 2022.

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