The report, The Changing Tide of U.S.-International Container Trade, said containerized trade with China spiked by 125 percent between 2003 and 2010, to $270.3 billion. In that period, trade with India grew by the biggest percentage, 154 percent, to $18.6 billion.
Each of the United States’ top 10 trading partners saw trade grow by at least 16 percent over the 2003-2010 period, except for Japan. Trade with Japan grew 7 percent, to $63.8 billion, though Japan remained the United States’ second biggest containerized trade partner.
Trade with Germany, the third biggest partner, grew by 54 percent from 2003 to 2010, to $36.3 billion.
The report, which also catalogs vessel calls and capacity deployed to U.S. ports, is available through the BTS Maritime Program Website.
