
US importers order significantly less goods in China, according to data from both China and the US, and as such, container carriers’ golden days may be replaced by an upcoming normalization, assesses an industry observer.
The economic report China Beige Book about the development in the Chinese economy confirms trends from the US which recently showed that US importers are currently reducing their purchases of Chinese goods as US consumers move a certain part of their consumption from physical goods to services.
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