I-National Retail Federation (NRF) ikhulise kakhulu okulindelwe ukungenisa ezweni engxenyeni yokuqala ka-2024 e-United States.

I-1/ I-Global Port Tracker, ekhishwa nyanga zonke yi-National Retail Federation (NRF) kanye ne-Hackett Associates, ibonise embikweni wayo wakamuva kaMashi ukuthi ukuthengiswa kwe-US engxenyeni yokuqala yalo nyaka kuzokhuphuka ngo-7.8% uma kuqhathaniswa nengxenye yokuqala ka-2023. Lokhu kubuyekezwa kungaphezulu kwalokho okubikezelwe ngaphambilini ukukhula okungama-5.3% engxenyeni yokuqala yonyaka njengoba kushiwo embikweni kaFebhuwari. Lokhu kuphawula inyanga yesibili ilandelana i-Retailer Association ikhuphule isibikezelo sayo sokukhula kwezimpahla ezivela kwamanye amazwe engxenyeni yokuqala ka-2024.

I-2/ Jonathan Gold, iPhini Likamongameli we-Supply Chain and Customs Policy e-National Retail Federation (NRF), uthe, "Abathengisi bayaqhubeka nokusebenzisana nabalingani ukuze banciphise ukuphazamiseka okubangelwa imingcele yoLwandle Olubomvu kanye nePanama Canal." "Izinkampani zemikhumbi ziyagwema uLwandle Olubomvu, kanye nokukhuphuka kwamanani ezimpahla kanye nokubambezeleka kuyehla."

U-Ben Hackett, umsunguli we-Hackett Associates, uveze ukuthi ezinye izimpahla ebezithuthwa ngaphambilini zayiswa e-US East Coast ngoLwandle Olubomvu kanye ne-Suez Canal manje seziqondiswa kabusha eCape of Good Hope. "Naphezu kweziphazamiso ekuthuthweni kwemikhumbi okubangelwe amavukelambuso e-Yemeni Houthi oLwandle Olubomvu, ukuhweba komhlaba wonke ngezimpahla ezithengwayo, izinto ezisetshenziswa ezimbonini, kanye nempahla eyinqwaba kusaqhubeka nokuhamba kahle." "Ukukhathazeka mayelana nokwehla kwamandla emali okubangelwa ukukhuphuka kwezindleko zokuhamba kufanele manje kwehliswe. Abathengisi kanye nabalingani babo benkampani yenethiwekhi bazivumelanisa nezakhiwo zokuhlela kabusha kanye nezinhlelo ezintsha zokuthutha, ezengeza izindleko ezintsha, kodwa lezi zindleko zingaxazululwa kancane ngokugwema uLwandle Olubomvu futhi kungadingeki khokha izindleko zokuhamba ze-Suez Canal Lokhu kuzoqhubeka kuze kube yilapho kuxazululwa inkinga yokuzulazula kwamahhala oLwandle Olubomvu kanye neSuez Canal.

Okwamanje azikho izimpawu zokuphela kwalokhu kuhlasela, njengoba kubulawe abasebenzi abathathu emkhunjini omkhulu owomile oLwandle Olubomvu kuleli sonto, okuwukuqala okubikiwe ukuthi kufe abantu selokhu kwaqala izenzo ezinonya. "Kuyacaca ukuthi isimo siya ngokuba sibi."

3/ Uhlelo olusanda kukhishwa lukaMashi lwe-Global Port Tracker lukhuphule isibikezelo salo sonyaka sokuthengwa kwempahla e-US kuze kube nguJuni. Ukuthengwa kwempahla kwamanye amazwe ngoMashi manje kulindeleke ukuthi kukhule ngo-8.8%, uma kuqhathaniswa nokukhula obekulindelwe ngaphambilini ngo-5.5% embikweni wenyanga edlule. Ukuthengwa kwempahla kwamanye amazwe ngo-Ephreli kubikezelwa ukuthi kuzokhuphuka ngo-3.1%, okungaphezulu kokubikezela kwangaphambilini kuka-2.6%. Izibikezelo zangoMeyi (ezishintshwe zisuka ku-0.3% zaya ku-0.5%) kanye noJuni (ezishintshwe zisuka ku-5.5% zaya ku-5.7%) nazo zinyusiwe kancane.