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Relatively Cautious Global Production and Supply Chain Indices for February 2022

Supply Chain Matters

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights February global manufacturing and supply chain indices and challenges relative to product demand and supply network imbalance levels in the first quarter of 2022. A relatively new index is The Global Supply Chain Pressure Index (GSCPI) , developed by a group of researchers at the U.S.

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What’s Looming for Transpacific Ocean Shipments this Peak Season?

CH Robinson Transportfolio

As many shippers front-loaded inventory in the second half of 2018—especially the fourth quarter—to avoid potential tariff increases, the market saw drastic volume increases beyond what we’ve come to expect from years’ past. Higher inventories to avoid tariffs. However, this year CNY volumes were not as strong as previous years.