I-National Retail Federation (NRF) iphakamise kakhulu ukulindela kwayo kwisiqingatha sokuqala se-2024 e-United States.

I-1 / I-Global Port Tracker, ekhutshwe ngenyanga yi-National Retail Federation (NRF) kunye ne-Hackett Associates, ibonise kwingxelo yayo yakutshanje ka-Matshi ukuba ukuthengiswa kwe-US kwisiqingatha sokuqala salo nyaka kuya kunyuka nge-7.8% xa kuthelekiswa nesiqingatha sokuqala se-2023. Olu hlaziyo luphezulu kunolo kukhula kwakuxelwe kwangaphambili nge-5.3% kwisiqingatha sokuqala sonyaka njengoko kuchaziwe kwingxelo kaFebruwari. Oku kuphawula inyanga yesibini elandelelanayo i-Retailers Association iphakamise ingqikelelo yayo yokukhula kokungenisa kwisiqingatha sokuqala se-2024.

I-2 / uJonathan Gold, i-Vice-President of Supply Chain kunye ne-Customs Policy kwi-National Retail Federation (NRF), yathi, "Abathengisi baqhubeka besebenzisana namaqabane ukuze banciphise ukuphazamiseka okubangelwa uLwandle oluBomvu kunye nezithintelo zePanama Canal." uLwandle oluBomvu, kwaye ukunyuka kokuqala kwamaxabiso omthwalo kunye nokulibaziseka kuyehla."

U-Ben Hackett, umseki we-Hackett Associates, ukhankanye ukuba ezinye iimpahla ezazithuthwa ngaphambili zisiwa e-US East Coast ngoLwandle oluBomvu kunye ne-Suez Canal ngoku zibuyiselwa kwi-Cape of Good Hope. "Ngaphandle kokuphazamiseka kokuthumela ngenqanawa okubangelwe ngabavukeli baseYemeni Houthi kuLwandle oluBomvu, urhwebo lwehlabathi ngempahla yabathengi, izixhobo zoshishino, kunye nempahla eninzi iyaqhubeka ihamba kakuhle." "Iinkxalabo malunga nokunyuka kwamaxabiso okubangelwa kukunyuka kweendleko zokuhamba kufuneka ngoku kuncitshiswe. Abathengisi kunye namaqabane abo abathwali baqhelana nezakhiwo zokuhlengahlengisa kunye neeshedyuli ezintsha zokuthumela, ezongeza iindleko ezintsha, kodwa ezi ndleko zinokupheliswa ngokuyinxenye ngokuphepha uLwandle oluBomvu kwaye kunganyanzelekanga ukuba hlawula imirhumo yohambo lweSuez Canal. Oku kuya kuqhubeka de umba wokuhamba simahla kuLwandle oluBomvu kunye neSuez Canal usombululwe.

Okwangoku akukho mqondiso wokuphela kolu hlaselo, kunye nabasebenzi abathathu ababulewe kwinqanawa eyomileyo kuLwandle oluBomvu kule veki, eyokuqala yokufa okuxeliweyo ukusukela oko kwaqala izenzo zobutshaba. "Ngokucacileyo, imeko iya isiba maxongo."

I-3/ Ushicilelo olutsha olukhutshwe ngoMatshi lwe-Global Port Tracker lukhulise uqikelelo lwayo lonyaka lokuthengwa kwe-US ukuya kutsho ngoJuni. Ukuthengwa kwempahla kumazwe angaphandle kweyoKwindla ngoku kulindeleke ukuba kukhule nge-8.8%, xa kuthelekiswa nokukhula obekulindelwe ngaphambili nge-5.5% kwingxelo yenyanga ephelileyo. Ukungeniswa kwamanye amazwe ngo-Epreli kuqikelelwe ukuba kunyuke nge-3.1%, ngaphezu kwe-2.6% yangaphambili. Uqikelelo lwangoMeyi (luhlengahlengiswe ukusuka kwi-0.3% ukuya kwi-0.5%) noJuni (luhlengahlengiswe ukusuka kwi-5.5% ukuya kwi-5.7%) nalo lunyusiwe kancinci.