Ua hoʻonui nui ka National Retail Federation (NRF) i kāna mau manaʻo lawe mai no ka hapa mua o 2024 ma United States.

1/ ʻO ka Global Port Tracker, i hoʻokuʻu ʻia i kēlā me kēia mahina e ka National Retail Federation (NRF) a me Hackett Associates, i hōʻike ʻia i kāna hōʻike hope loa o Malaki e hoʻonui ʻia ana ka lawe ʻana mai o US i ka hapa mua o kēia makahiki e 7.8% i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i ka hapa mua o 2023. ʻOi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o kēia hoʻoponopono ma mua o ka ulu ʻana o 5.3% i wānana mua ʻia i ka hapa mua o ka makahiki e like me ka hōʻike ʻana o Pepeluali. Hōʻailona kēia i ka lua o ka mahina i hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻia e ka Hui Kūʻai Kūʻai i kāna wānana no ka ulu ʻana mai i ka hapa mua o 2024.

2/ Jonathan Gold, Hope Peresidena o Supply Chain a me Customs Policy ma ka National Retail Federation (NRF), i ʻōlelo ʻia, "Ke hoʻomau nei nā mea kūʻai aku i ka hana me nā hoa hana e hoʻēmi i nā pilikia i hana ʻia e ke Kai ʻula a me nā palena Canal Panama." ke Kaiʻula, a ke emi nei ka piʻi mua ʻana o ka uku ukana a me nā lohi."

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Ben Hackett, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu iā Hackett Associates, ʻo kekahi mau waiwai i lawe mua ʻia i ka US East Coast ma o ke Kaiʻula a me ka Canal Suez ke hoʻohuli hou ʻia nei a puni ka Cape of Good Hope. "ʻOiai ke hoʻopau ʻia o ka hoʻouna ʻana e ka Yemeni Houthi kipi i ke Kaiʻula, ke holo mālie nei ke kālepa honua i nā mea kūʻai aku, nā mea ʻenehana, a me nā waiwai nui." "Pono e hoʻokuʻu ʻia nā hopohopo e pili ana i ka piʻi ʻana ma muli o ka piʻi ʻana o nā kumukūʻai. E hoʻomau kēia i ka hoʻokele manuahi ma ke Kaiʻula a me ka Canal Suez.

I kēia manawa ʻaʻohe hōʻailona o ka pau ʻana o kēia mau hoʻouka ʻana, me ʻekolu mau ohua i pepehi ʻia ma kahi moku maloʻo nui ma ke Kaiʻula i kēia pule, ʻo ka mea mua i hōʻike ʻia i ka make mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā hana ʻino. "Akaka, ke emi nei ke kūlana."

3/ Ua hoʻokiʻekiʻe ka paʻi hou o Malaki o ka Global Port Tracker i kāna wānana makahiki no ka lawe ʻana mai o US a hiki i Iune. Ke manaʻo ʻia nei ka ulu ʻana o nā mea lawe mai i Malaki ma 8.8%, i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka ulu ʻana o 5.5% i manaʻo mua ʻia ma ka hōʻike o ka mahina i hala. Kuhi ʻia nā mea lawe mai ma ʻApelila e piʻi e 3.1%, ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe ma mua o ka wānana mua o 2.6%. Ua hoʻonui iki ʻia nā wānana no Mei (i hoʻololi ʻia mai 0.3% a i 0.5%) a me Iune (mai 5.5% a i 5.7%).