China shut downs and port congestion have caused manufacturing to seek alternatives plus the overcorrection in US inventories has China reeling. Price decreases are on the way which will alleviate pressure from inflation.
U.S. manufacturing orders from China down 40% in unrelenting demand collapse
Manufacturing orders from China and trade bound for the U.S. have plunged as a demand collapse is expected to continue into 2023, according to global shippers.
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- U.S. manufacturing orders in China are down 40% in what a logistics manager described to CNBC as an unrelenting demand collapse.
- Asia-based shipping firm HLS recently told clients it is a "very bad time for the shipping industry."
- China to U.S. container volume was down 21% between August and November.
- Chinese factories are shutting down two weeks earlier than usual ahead of Chinese New Year.
- Unlike the decrease in orders out of China, trade data analyzed by Project44 indicates that the Europe-to-U.S. route is "one of the possibly most surprising and certainly most significant developments since early 2020,"