zephyreks@lemmy.mlM to World News@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoRussia-China Trade Imbalance Leads To 150,000 Empty Containers Piling Up In Russiawww.marineinsight.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1112arrow-down12
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minus-squarezephyreks@lemmy.mlOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·1 year agoLooks like Russia gets to experience what the US has been experiencing for decades lol
minus-squaregrabyourmotherskeys@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down3·1 year 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-down4·1 year 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-down6·1 year 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-up4·1 year 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-up2·1 year agoTouché, I was just thinking in terms of volume if we’re comparing sheet number of containers
minus-squaregrabyourmotherskeys@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoWould they even stack up to California in terms of economic activity?
minus-squaregrabyourmotherskeys@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI’m aware, just pointing out it’s hardly a unique situation.
Looks like Russia gets to experience what the US has been experiencing for decades lol
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.