Zepol Corporation, the leading trade intelligence company, reports that U.S. import shipment volume for June, measured in TEUs, decreased 4.57% from May and 7.38% from June of 2010. The total number of shipments also decreased 4.79% from May and more than 6% from June of 2010. Year to date, total TEUs are up 4.80% this year over last year.

Key Statistics from this Month's Update:
The overall June decrease was largely caused by the nearly 6% decrease in incoming shipments from Asia. China played a large part in this, with a 5.82% decrease in shipments. Japan, however, showed a 2.53% increase in incoming shipments. Similar to Asia, Central America and South America exhibited a 4.85% and 7.56% decrease, respectively, while Europe looked promising with a slight import decrease of only 0.14%.

The Pacific, South Atlantic, and Mid Atlantic ports in the U.S. each showed a decrease of 6.18%, 2.93%, and 5.34%, respectively, of incoming shipments. The ports in California ended their 2 month long streak of rising imports and posted an 8% decrease when compared to June of 2010.

Maersk Line maintains their number one carrier spot, although they showed a 4.53% decrease in TEUs from May. While the majority of carriers suffered a similar decrease in TEUs in June, Orient Overseas Container Line recorded a healthy 3.54% increase, keeping them within our top 10 carriers list.