A sharp drop in Chinese imports could lead to shortages of the following U.S. consumer products, one analysis shows.

NORTH AMERICA: Index at -0.63, down severely from -0.18, signaling a sharp rise in spare capacity across North American supply chains. U.S., Canadian and Mexican manufacturers retrenched in March.

Shipping giant Maersk expects global container volumes to grow between -1% and 4% in 2025 — down from its previous forecast ...

indicating the highest degree of spare capacity across global supply chains since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. A key finding from GEP's latest data was a sharp decline in the ...