Zagušenja u velikim američkim lukama 2021

In 2021, the operating volume of major ports in the United States will reach new highs. The Port of Long Beach on the west coast of North America will handle a total of 938.4TEU (20-foot equivalent units) of containers in 2021, an increase of 15.7 percent year-on-year; the Port of Los Angeles on the west coast of North America will handle about 10.7 million containers in 2021. TEU, an increase of 13 percent , a new high in recent years; the Port of Houston on the east coast of North America will handle 350 TEU of containers in 2021, a year-on-year increase of 15 percent . 

Under the influence of domestic loose economic policies and other factors, the demand for imports in the United States has grown rapidly, and due to the impact of factors such as the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the operating efficiency of major U.S. ports has declined, resulting in continuous congestion of major ports. The quantitative easing policy of the United States has caused high inflation pressure, which is 7 percent in December 2021. In this context, the United States may accelerate the end of quantitative easing and raise interest rates. At that time, the growth rate of US imports may decline, and at a certain rate Alleviate port congestion to some extent. 

The United States is the market with the largest demand for quartz stone slabs. However, due to the anti-dumping duties imposed by the US government on quartz stone slabs from China, the quartz stone slabs exported from China to the United States have dropped sharply in recent years, so the congestion of American ports and the sharp rise in sea freight There will be no major impact on our company.