I-National Retail Federation (NRF) inyuse kakhulu ulindelo lwayo lokungenisa impahla kwisiqingatha sokuqala sowama-2024 eMelika.

1/ I-Global Port Tracker, ekhutshwa nyanga zonke yiNational Retail Federation (NRF) kunye neHackett Associates, ibonise kwingxelo yayo yamva nje kaMatshi ukuba ukungeniswa kwempahla e-US kwisiqingatha sokuqala salo nyaka kuya kunyuka nge-7.8% xa kuthelekiswa nesiqingatha sokuqala sika-2023. Olu hlaziyo luphezulu kunokukhula kwe-5.3% okwakuqikelelwe ngaphambili kwisiqingatha sokuqala sonyaka njengoko kuchaziwe kwingxelo kaFebruwari. Oku kuphawula inyanga yesibini elandelelanayo apho i-Retailers Association iphakamise uqikelelo lwayo lokukhula kwempahla engeniswayo kwisiqingatha sokuqala sika-2024.

2/ UJonathan Gold, uSekela Mongameli weCandelo loThengiso lweeNkonzo kunye noMgaqo-nkqubo weRhafu kwiNational Retail Federation (NRF), uthe, "Abathengisi bayaqhubeka nokusebenzisana namaqabane ukunciphisa ukuphazamiseka okubangelwa yimiqathango yoLwandle oluBomvu kunye nePanama Canal." "Iinkampani zokuhambisa imithwalo ziyaphepha uLwandle oluBomvu, kwaye ukunyuka kokuqala kwenani Amaxabiso eempahla kwaye ukulibaziseka kuyaphela.

UBen Hackett, umseki weHackett Associates, ukhankanye ukuba ezinye iimpahla ezazithuthwa ngaphambili ukuya kuNxweme oluseMpuma lwase-US ngoLwandle oluBomvu kunye neSuez Canal ngoku zithunyelwa kwakhona kwiCape of Good Hope. "Ngaphandle kokuphazamiseka kokuthunyelwa kwempahla okubangelwe ngabavukeli baseYemeni baseHouthi kuLwandle oluBomvu, urhwebo lwehlabathi kwiimpahla zabathengi, izixhobo zoshishino, kunye neempahla ezinkulu luyaqhubeka nokuhamba kakuhle." "Iinkxalabo malunga nokunyuka kwamaxabiso okubangelwa kukunyuka kweendleko zothutho ngoku kufuneka zincitshiswe. Abathengisi kunye nabo Umthwali Amaqabane ayaqhelanisa nokutshintsha iindlela kunye neeshedyuli ezintsha zokuhambisa, ezongeza iindleko ezintsha, kodwa ezi ndleko zinokulungiswa kancinci ngokuphepha uLwandle Olubomvu kwaye kunganyanzelekanga ukuba uhlawule iifizi zothutho lweSuez Canal. Oku kuya kuqhubeka de kube kusonjululwe umba wokuhamba simahla kuLwandle Olubomvu kunye neSuez Canal.

Okwangoku akukho mqondiso wokuphela kwezi hlaselo, apho amalungu amathathu abasebenzi abulewe kwinqanawa eyomileyo eLwandle oluBomvu kule veki, ukufa kokuqala okubikiweyo ukusukela oko kwaqala izenzo zobutshaba. "Kucacile ukuba imeko iya isiba mandundu."

3/ Uhlelo olutsha olukhutshwe ngoMatshi lweGlobal Port Tracker lunyuse uqikelelo lwalo lwaminyaka le lwezinto ezithunyelwa eMelika ukuya kuthi ga kuJuni. Izinto ezithunyelwa ngoMatshi ngoku kulindeleke ukuba zikhule nge-8.8%, xa kuthelekiswa nokukhula okwakulindelwe ngaphambili kwe-5.5% kwingxelo yenyanga ephelileyo. Izinto ezithunyelwa ngo-Epreli ziqikelelwa ukuba zinyuke nge-3.1%, ngaphezulu kuneengqikelelo zangaphambili ze-2.6%. Uqikelelo lukaMeyi (oluhlengahlengisiweyo ukusuka kwi-0.3% ukuya kwi-0.5%) kunye noJuni (oluhlengahlengisiweyo ukusuka kwi-5.5% ukuya kwi-5.7%) nalo lunyuswe kancinci.