b'22American Journal of Transportation ajot.comU.S. Forest Product Imports by CountryTEUsCOUNTRY OF ORIGIN H1 2020 H1 2019CHINA 77,563 87,442BRAZIL 59,590 57,665CHILE 36,980 35,422GERMANY 19,945 18,252VIETNAM 16,014 10,712INDONESIA 13,058 10,364RUSSIA 11,705 9,515NEW ZEALAND 6,041 7,014MALAYSIA 5,326 5,731ARGENTINA 4,451 3,372Others 69,092 68,204Total 319,764 313,691Source: Descarted/Datamynesource: Descartes/DatamyneU.S. Forest Exports by Country TEUsCOUNTRY OF FOREIGN PORT H1 2020 H1 2019CHINA 108,494 136,433VIETNAM 18,048 20,117SOUTH KOREA 14,353 19,366JAPAN 6,914 7,443TAIWAN 5,626 9,024SINGAPORE 5,498 7,006NETHERLANDS 5,471 7,265HONG KONG 4,757 3,085INDIA 3,758 7,180GERMANY 2,943 3,649Others 33,639 50,948Total 209,500 271,516source: Descartes/DatamyneSource: Descarted/DatamyneForest Product Imports by U.S. PortTEUsPORT OF ARRIVAL H1 2020 H1 2019NEW YORK/NEWARK AREA, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY 40,831 45,238HOUSTON,TX 38,612 31,871LOS ANGELES,CA 34,319 35,372BALTIMORE,MD 28,947 25,775LONG BEACH,CA 27,095 27,860SAVANNAH,GA 25,602 24,468CHARLESTON,SC 22,474 20,088OAKLAND,CA 15,483 14,080SEATTLE,WA 13,801 14,625NORFOLK,VA 13,282 15,059Others 59,319 59,254 U.S. Forest Product Exports by CarrierTotal 319,764 313,691Source: Descarted/Datamyne TEUssource: Descartes/DatamyneCarrier H1 2020 H1 2019CHINA OCEAN SHIPPING COMPANY (COSU) 43,000 40,840Forest Product Exports by U.S. Port OCEAN NETWORK EXPRESS PTE LTD (ONEY) 26,846 23,638ORIENT OVERSEAS CONTAINER LINE LTD (OOLU) 20,443 15,776TEUs EVERGREEN LINE (EGLV) 18,616 20,827MAERSK LINE (MAEU) 16,303 21,470US PORT H1 2020 H1 2019 YANG MING MARINE TRANSPORT CORP (YMLU) 13,840 22,090NORFOLK,VA 39,395 41,442 HAPAG LLOYD A G (HLCU) 12,963 20,778SAVANNAH,GA 34,045 55,428 MSC-MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING COMPANY S A (MSCU) 12,698 17,216CHARLESTON,SC 18,974 23,015 ZIM INTEGRATED SHIPPING SERVICES LTD (ZIMU) 11,443 25,872TACOMA,WA 17,734 18,559 CMA-CGM (CMDU) 10,481 26,629NEW YORK/NEWARK AREA, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY 17,266 25,438 Others 22,866 36,379NEWARK, NJ 15,015 10,896 Total 209,500 271,516WILMINGTON,NC 10,056 15,058 Source: Descarted/Datamynesource: Descartes/DatamyneBALTIMORE,MD 8,835 9,816SEATTLE,WA 7,584 9,709NEW YORK, NY 7,091 9,184 (DISPUTEcontinued from page 21) tradedgradeshavemorethandou-Others 33,503 52,970 demand in the form of new housingbled from May to August. Adding, Total 209,500 271,516 startsandprivateDIY(Do-It-Your- Record high lumber prices in the US source: Descartes/DatamyneSource: Descarted/Datamyne self)renovations,fueledinpartbyand slightly lower costs for sawlogs governmentCovid-19checks,hasmoved 2Q/20 gross margins for US turned a bust to boom, for forest prod- sawmills to some of the highest levels U.S. Forest Product Imports by Carrier ucts industry.seen since 2005.The Forest2Market newsletter, inMadisons Lumber Reporter (Sep-TEUs their AugusteditionreportedOvertember 17 2020) chipped in with their VOCC H1 2020 H1 2019 the last three weeks, prices for south- similar analysis of the boom market:MSC-MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING COMPANY S A - MEDU (MSCU) 80,655 80,914 ern yellow pine lumber have pushedPricesforthisconstruction HAPAG LLOYD A G (HLCU) 42,701 34,754 past the all-time highs of mid-2018.framing dimension softwood lumber HAMBURG SUED (SUDU) 38,664 40,039 Now, 15 weeks after bottoming duringitemisupanincredible+$214,or MAERSK LINE (MAEU) 26,695 24,238OCEAN NETWORK EXPRESS PTE LTD (ONEY) 24,115 22,065 the peak of the pandemic, SYP lumber+29% from one month ago, when it EVERGREEN LINE (EGLV) 23,318 24,728 prices have soared an astounding 75%was US$746 mfbm [Multiple of the COSCO SHIPPING LINES CO LTD (COSU) 15,753 14,917 and have broken the previous recordFoot,BoardMeasure].Compared CMA-CGM (CMDU) 13,383 13,957 achieved during 2018. to mid-September 2019, this price is ORIENT OVERSEAS CONTAINER LINE LTD (OOLU) 11,616 9,880 WRI Market Insights in their Sep- up an astonishing +$584, or +155%. YANG MING MARINE TRANSPORT CORP (YMLU) 7,951 8,317 tember issue dittoed the assessment,Withtheweeklypricedroppingfor Others 34,914 39,881 commenting,USsoftwoodlumberthe first time in many months, com-Total 319,764 313,691source: Descartes/Datamyne priceshaverisenspectacularlythisparedtoone-year-agolastweeks Source: Descarted/Datamyne year.Marketpricesforcommonly(DISPUTEcontinued on page 24)'