Global Trade Intelligence

Supply and Demand Chain Executive spotlights Descartes’ July global shipping update showing slightly stronger import volume performance than previous years and signs that key challenges to global supply chain performance in 2023, such as U.S. West Coast labor relations and port transit time delays, continue to improve.

Logistics Management features key findings from Descartes’ latest global shipping report, including that U.S. containerized imports are continuing to track to pre-COVID “normal” volumes, and that June port transit delays are at their lowest since Descartes started tracking them.

gCaptain shares analysis from Descartes' July global shipping report showing slightly higher import volumes in June compared to previous years, and unlike the first four months of 2023, volumes in June accelerated past 2019 by 2.1% for the same period.

FreightWaves shares insights from Descartes’ July global shipping report showing that containerized imports are continuing to track to— and, for June, remain slightly above—pre-COVID “normal” volumes.

JustStyle features Descartes’ trade research into how the market share of apparel imports from China into the U.S. have changed between 2016 and 2022, and what shifts have occurred in the top countries of origin.