WASHINGTON — September 9, 2021 — Double-digit growth in imports at the nation’s largest retail container ports is slipping to single digits as pandemic-related supply chain disruptions around the world continue, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released today by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.
“Year-over-year growth isn’t as dramatic as it was earlier because we’re now comparing against months when most stores closed by the pandemic last year had reopened and retailers were stocking up again,” said NRF Vice President for Supply Chain and Customs Policy Jonathan Gold. “We expected that. But we’re seeing issues ranging from port closures in Asia to ships lined up waiting to dock at U.S. ports. That’s creating continuing challenges as retailers work to supply enough inventory to meet demand. The administration’s recent appointment of a supply chain task force and a port envoy are major steps forward, and we look forward to working with officials to find solutions.”
Hackett Associates创始人Ben Hackett说：“供应链物流管理正面临严重的问题，因为干扰使进口商和出口商都难以交易其业务。”“我们在链的所有部门都面临短缺：缺乏足够的运输能力，从而导致运输成本增加；缺乏仓库；缺乏卡车和铁路容量，并且整个劳动力短缺。”
全球港口跟踪器覆盖的美国港口在7月处理了219万次同等单位，这是最终数字的最终月份。这比6月增长了2％，比去年同期增长了14.2％。TEU是一个20英尺的容器或等效的容器。
港口尚未报告八月的数字，但全球港口跟踪器预计该月为227亿TEU，同比增长7.8％。
那将是记录中最繁忙的八月。But it would fall short of the 2.37 million TEU forecast for August a month ago, which would have broken May’s record of 2.33 million TEU for the largest number of containers imported during a single month since NRF began tracking imports in 2002. With two dozen ships waiting as long as a week or more at anchor to unload at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach recently, some cargo anticipated in August may have been delayed into September. And with some sailings from Asia delayed by COVD-19 disruptions there, some cargo could arrive later in the fall than previously expected.
八月是“高峰季节”的开始，当时零售商每年都在假日商品上存货，许多零售商正在尝试在今年货运，以确保在假期期间提供足够的库存。
9月的预计为221万TEU，同比增长5.1％；10月的TEU为219万，自2020年7月以来的第一年下降1.3％；11月的TEU为213万，增长1.4％，12月为207万TEU，下降了1.8％。2022年1月的预计为215万TEU，比2021年1月增长4.5％。
2021年的上半年总计1,280万TEU，比去年同期增长了35.6％。在整整一年中，2021年总共达到2590万TEU，在2020年中增长了17.6％，并在去年的2200万TEU中获得了新的年度纪录。尽管大流行，但2020年的货物进口量比2019年增长了1.9％。
发表于2021年9月9日
资料来源：国家零售联合会（NRF）
