Minneapolis, Minnesota-based trade intelligence company Zepol announced Wednesday that import shipment volume into the US for February, measured in TEU's, fell 9.94 percent from January, but increased 9.03 percent over February 2010. The total number of shipments last month also decreased 11.09 percent from January but rose 7.27 percent over February of last year.
Asian origin volumes fell 11.42 percent from January to February, while imports from Central America, measured in TEU's, rose 4.88 percent from January to February. Ports on the Atlantic Coast showed the greatest increases in volumes for February 2011 over January 2011. The most noteworthy increases were West Palm Beach, FL and Chester, PA with increases of 37.86 percent and 18.73 percent respectively.