Container trade flows within Asia reached an estimated volume of 42.1 million TEUs in 2022. Trade flows from the Far East to North America and Europe amounted to some 23.8 and 15.6 million TEUs in 2022, respectively. The global container trade is forecast to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 3.3 percent between 2023 and 2026.
Global container trade in 2022, by trade lane (in million TEUs)
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- Change in container fleet units by carrier H1 2020
- Percentage change in container fleet capacity by carrier H1 2020
- Container port traffic - leading countries 2007-2013
- U.S. ports - tonnage of waterborne containerized imports 2017
- Weekly global blank sailing announcements by cause 2020
- Main waterborne container trade - tonnage by U.S. port 2017
- Container capacity on Trans-Pacific route: deployed versus pro forma 2020
- U.S. ports - tonnage of waterborne containerized exports 2017
- Containerized trade imports into the U.S. - leading companies 2018
- YoY change in container capacity on Trans-Pacific route by month 2020
- Deployed capacity of container ships on the Asia-Europe route by alliance 2020
- U.S. ports - waterborne containerized exports 2015
- Deployed and pro forma capacity of container ships on the Asia-Europe route 2020
- U.S. ports - tonnage of waterborne containerized exports 2015
- Global container cancellations due to COVID-19 2020
- Intermodal container leasing market size in the U.S. 2018-2021
- U.S. container trade tonnage - largest trading partners 2017
- U.S. container trade - largest trading partners 2015
- Waterborne container trade in the U.S. by customs port 2017
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- U.S. ports - tonnage of waterborne containerized imports 2017
- Weekly global blank sailing announcements by cause 2020
- Main waterborne container trade - tonnage by U.S. port 2017
- Container capacity on Trans-Pacific route: deployed versus pro forma 2020
- U.S. ports - tonnage of waterborne containerized exports 2017
- Containerized trade imports into the U.S. - leading companies 2018
- YoY change in container capacity on Trans-Pacific route by month 2020
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- U.S. ports - waterborne containerized exports 2015
- Deployed and pro forma capacity of container ships on the Asia-Europe route 2020
- U.S. ports - tonnage of waterborne containerized exports 2015
- Global container cancellations due to COVID-19 2020
- Intermodal container leasing market size in the U.S. 2018-2021
- U.S. container trade tonnage - largest trading partners 2017
- U.S. container trade - largest trading partners 2015
- Waterborne container trade in the U.S. by customs port 2017
DHL Group. (May 31, 2023). Global container trade in 2022, by trade lane (in million TEUs) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 15, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1130550/global-container-trade-by-trade-lane/
DHL Group. "Global container trade in 2022, by trade lane (in million TEUs)." Chart. May 31, 2023. Statista. Accessed June 15, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1130550/global-container-trade-by-trade-lane/
DHL Group. (2023). Global container trade in 2022, by trade lane (in million TEUs). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 15, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1130550/global-container-trade-by-trade-lane/
DHL Group. "Global Container Trade in 2022, by Trade Lane (in Million Teus)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 May 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1130550/global-container-trade-by-trade-lane/
DHL Group, Global container trade in 2022, by trade lane (in million TEUs) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1130550/global-container-trade-by-trade-lane/ (last visited June 15, 2024)
Global container trade in 2022, by trade lane (in million TEUs) [Graph], DHL Group, May 31, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1130550/global-container-trade-by-trade-lane/