Import-export data specialist Descartes Datamyne has released its 2018 U.S. Ports Report. The report offers an annual ranking of the top 20 U.S. ocean ports by import volume, measured in TEUs of containerized cargo for 2017. According to the report, the top ports listed handled nearly 98 percent of U.S. import volume in 2017.
In the last five years, many of these ports realized a 30 percent increase in import volume, compared with growth in U.S. imports overall, which have risen more than 18 percent since 2012. Comparing year-over-year data, the majority of the top 20 ports displayed steady growth in 2017 with Tacoma, Wilmington and New Orleans as the only outliers.
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