According to JOC, economic factors such as strength in consumer spending, housing and automobiles are resulting in their increased 2015 forecast for US imports volume to 6.6% (previously 6.3%). This translates to an all-time high of U.S. containerized imports surpassing 20 million 20-foot-equivalent units. Mario Moreno at JOC additionally forecasts a reduced decline to 2.4% in the short term with another rise of 7% in 2017 to 21.65 million TEUs (More at: www.joc.com).
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