January 11, 2021 10:16AM ET

Retail Cargo Imports May Break Record for 2020 Despite Pandemic

U.S. cargo imports appear headed toward a new record for 2020 despite the coronavirus pandemic and remain at high levels as 2021 begins. — Cargo containers at the Port of Los Angeles.

CREDIT: Port of Los Angeles

U.S. cargo container imports appear headed toward a new record for 2020 despite the coronavirus pandemic and remain at high levels as 2021 begins, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released Friday by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Hackett Associates. “Nobody would have thought last spring that 2020 would be a record…

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