zephyreks@lemmy.mlM to World News@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoRussia-China Trade Imbalance Leads To 150,000 Empty Containers Piling Up In Russiawww.marineinsight.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1116arrow-down11
arrow-up1115arrow-down1external-linkRussia-China Trade Imbalance Leads To 150,000 Empty Containers Piling Up In Russiawww.marineinsight.comzephyreks@lemmy.mlM to World News@lemmy.ml · 2 years agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squaregrabyourmotherskeys@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down3·2 years agoYeah, 150k for the entire country seems like very few. Here’s the stats just for the Port of Los Angele: https://www.portoflosangeles.org/business/statistics/container-statistics
minus-squarebobs_monkey@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down4·2 years agoA few notes: The US population is well over double that of Russia. The Port of LA and Long Beach together process more cargo by volume than all other US ports combined (all the crap from China)
minus-squarezephyreks@lemmy.mlOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down6·2 years ago“crap from China” like cancer drugs, iPhones, and CNC machines. In fact, the top commodity in US-China trade is machinery and mechanical appliances.
minus-squareOoops@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoWe are talking about trade here, so compare them by economies instead of population. Puts Russia into perspective every single time…
minus-squarebobs_monkey@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoTouché, I was just thinking in terms of volume if we’re comparing sheet number of containers
minus-squaregrabyourmotherskeys@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoWould they even stack up to California in terms of economic activity?
minus-squaregrabyourmotherskeys@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoI’m aware, just pointing out it’s hardly a unique situation.
Yeah, 150k for the entire country seems like very few. Here’s the stats just for the Port of Los Angele: https://www.portoflosangeles.org/business/statistics/container-statistics
A few notes:
“crap from China” like cancer drugs, iPhones, and CNC machines. In fact, the top commodity in US-China trade is machinery and mechanical appliances.
We are talking about trade here, so compare them by economies instead of population. Puts Russia into perspective every single time…
Touché, I was just thinking in terms of volume if we’re comparing sheet number of containers
Would they even stack up to California in terms of economic activity?
I’m aware, just pointing out it’s hardly a unique situation.