NRF: Imports at US Ports to Keep Growing through Summer

Imports at US major retail container ports should see steady increases through the summer and into the fall, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report from the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.

Ports covered by Global Port Tracker handled 1.53 million TEU in March. That was up 6.8 percent from February, when many Asian factories closed for Lunar New Year, and up 15.8 percent from unusually low numbers the same month a year ago, when Lunar New Year came a week later than this year.

“In the United States, the economy continues to slowly grow,” Ben Hackett, Hackett Associates Founder,said......

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