Bungwe la National Retail Federation (NRF) lakweza kwambiri ziyembekezo zake zogulira zinthu kuchokera kunja kwa theka loyamba la chaka cha 2024 ku United States.
1/ Global Port Tracker, yomwe imatulutsidwa mwezi uliwonse ndi National Retail Federation (NRF) ndi Hackett Associates, yawonetsa mu lipoti lake laposachedwa la Marichi kuti zinthu zomwe zimatumizidwa ku US mu theka loyamba la chaka chino zidzawonjezeka ndi 7.8% poyerekeza ndi theka loyamba la 2023. Kusinthaku kuli kokwera kuposa kukula kwa 5.3% komwe kunanenedweratu kale mu theka loyamba la chaka monga momwe zanenedwera mu lipoti la February. Uwu ndi mwezi wachiwiri wotsatizana womwe Retailers Association yakweza kulosera kwake kwa kukula kwa zinthu zomwe zimatumizidwa kumayiko ena mu theka loyamba la 2024.
2/ Jonathan Gold, Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti wa Supply Chain and Customs Policy ku National Retail Federation (NRF), anati, "Ogulitsa akupitilizabe kugwira ntchito ndi anzawo kuti achepetse kusokonezeka komwe kumachitika chifukwa cha ziletso za Red Sea ndi Panama Canal." "Makampani otumiza katundu akupewa Nyanja Yofiira, ndipo kuwonjezeka koyamba kwa Mitengo Yonyamula Katundu ndipo kuchedwa kukuchepa.
Ben Hackett, yemwe anayambitsa Hackett Associates, ananena kuti katundu wina amene kale ankanyamulidwa kupita ku US East Coast kudzera ku Red Sea ndi Suez Canal tsopano akusinthidwa njira kuzungulira Cape of Good Hope. "Ngakhale kuti kusokonekera kwa kutumiza katundu kunayambitsidwa ndi zigawenga za ku Yemeni Houthi ku Red Sea, malonda apadziko lonse a katundu wogula, zipangizo zamafakitale, ndi zinthu zambiri zikupitiriza kuyenda bwino." "Nkhawa zokhudzana ndi kukwera kwa mitengo komwe kumachitika chifukwa cha kukwera kwa mitengo yoyendera ziyenera kuchepetsedwa tsopano. Ogulitsa ndi awo Wonyamula katundu Ogwirizana nawo akusintha njira zawo kuti azitha kusintha njira zawo komanso nthawi zatsopano zotumizira katundu, zomwe zimawonjezera ndalama zatsopano, koma ndalamazi zitha kuchepetsedwa pang'ono popewa Nyanja Yofiira komanso osalipira ndalama zoyendera ku Suez Canal. Izi zipitilira mpaka nkhani ya kuyenda kwaulere kudzera mu Nyanja Yofiira ndi Suez Canal itathetsedwa.
Pakadali pano palibe chizindikiro chilichonse chosonyeza kuti ziwopsezozi zatha, ndipo ogwira ntchito atatu aphedwa m'sitima youma mu Nyanja Yofiira sabata ino, imfa yoyamba yomwe yanenedwa kuyambira pomwe zochita zankhanza zinayamba. "Ndithudi, zinthu zikuipiraipira."
3/ Kope latsopano la Global Port Tracker lomwe latulutsidwa mu Marichi lakweza chiyembekezo chake cha pachaka cha zinthu zomwe zimatumizidwa ku US mpaka Juni. Zinthu zomwe zimatumizidwa ku US mu Marichi tsopano zikuyembekezeka kukula ndi 8.8%, poyerekeza ndi kukula kwa 5.5% komwe kunayembekezeredwa kale mu lipoti la mwezi watha. Zinthu zomwe zimatumizidwa ku US mu Epulo zikuyembekezeka kukwera ndi 3.1%, kuposa zomwe zinanenedweratu kale za 2.6%. Zoneneratu za Meyi (zosinthidwa kuchokera pa 0.3% mpaka 0.5%) ndi Juni (zosinthidwa kuchokera pa 5.5% mpaka 5.7%) nazonso zakwezedwa pang'ono.