De dyreste tingene ble nok sendt på fly, resten er nå i limbo. Produsert, men for dyre til å importere.
At the Port of Los Angeles, one of America’s biggest gateways for imports from China, executive director Gene Seroka told port officials Thursday that he expects a 35% drop in import volumes in two weeks “as essentially all shipments out of China for major retailers and manufacturers has ceased.”
Bookings out of China fell 60% in the past week
Freight demand from China to the West Coast of the U.S. could fall 28% next week, while demand at East Coast ports could plunge 42% the following week,
Some retailers and manufacturers are able to pause orders because they rushed in large volumes of cargoes at the start of the year to get ahead of any potential tariffs.
The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach—the busiest container-port complex in the country—handled the equivalent of nearly 2.5 million import containers in the first three months of the year, an increase of 14% over the same time last year.
https://www.wsj.com/business/logistics/cargo-shipments-from-china-to-the-u-s-dwindle-9877596a