Investigaciones de Panjiva

C.H. Robinson joins the 2022 recovery chorus while building market share

July 28, 2021

C.H. Robinson reported Q2’21 revenue growth of 52.5% year over year. That included a 105.0% jump in Global Forwarding revenue due to the “strong demand environment, market share gains and strained capacity” shown by a 56.2% year over year rise in U.S. seaborne imports handled by the firm. The ... Read more →

Pandemic risks renewed for apparel-makers as Bangladesh locks down

July 22, 2021

The government of Bangladesh has closed most economic activity including factories for two weeks from July 23 following a worsening of the COVID-19 pandemic. That also comes as factory production in Vietnam is being curtailed due to staff shortages. The two countries together accounted for 27.... Read more →

Samsung, Foster Electric supply chains secure as Vietnam reaches currency deal

July 20, 2021

The State Bank of Vietnam has agreed with the U.S. Treasury that the former “will continue to improve exchange rate flexibility over time”. That addresses U.S. concerns about alleged currency manipulation to support exports and reduces the risk of tariffs being applied after a section 301 inve... Read more →

Nike may run out of Vietnamese sneakers as COVID-19 accelerates

July 19, 2021

Two of Nike’s suppliers in Vietnam have had to halt manufacturing due to a COVID-19 related shortage of staff. That repeats a pattern being seen in the apparel industry across south and south-east Asia. Vietnam accounted for 49.0% of Nike’s U.S. seaborne imports in Q2’21, led by footwear shipm... Read more →

Esquel fights Xinjiang labor designation, L.L. Bean sticks by non-China supplies

July 8, 2021

Esquel Group has sued the U.S. government to be removed from the Entity List of firms that are subject to licensing when doing business with U.S. corporations. The apparel maker had been added to the list in July 2020 after accusations, denied by the firm, that it is involved in forced labor i... Read more →

Crocs snaps at peers’ alleged IP infractions as supply chain activity surges

June 30, 2021

The U.S. International Trade Commission received eight petitions to investigate trade policy infractions in June, two of which related to accusations of dumping. One of the petitions came from shoe maker Crocs citing trademark infringements against 25 importers including Skechers USA. Panjiva’... Read more →

Hankook, ATD move out ahead of tire duties

June 28, 2021

The U.S. government has determined that imports of passenger and light truck tires (PVLT) from South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand were dumped in the U.S. below cost. Additionally it determined that imports from Vietnam were subsidised via currency manipulation but not otherwise dumped below cos... Read more →

K+N expects second-half normalization, Vietnamese shipment worth watching

June 21, 2021

The majority shareholder of K+N, Klaus-Michael Kuehne, has stated that volumes handled by the freight forwarder in Q2’21 are “still at a high level” but that there will be “a normalization in the second half of the year”. The scale of the surge in activity experienced by K+N can be seen in the... Read more →

La-Z-Boy actively dealing with logistics, cost challenges

June 18, 2021

La-Z-Boy reported FQ4’21 (to April 24) results with revenues that expanded by 41.4% year over year, beating estimates by 4.2 percentage points. U.S. seaborne imports linked to the firm surged 71.0% higher year over year in the three months to April 30 and by 44.3% versus the same period of 201... Read more →

Lovesac adds on sources as activity springs ahead

June 15, 2021

Lovesac, a maker of couches, published FQ1’22 (to May 2) revenues which grew by 52.4% year over year and beat analysts’ estimates by 10.4%. The rapid rate of expansion can be seen in U.S. seaborne imports linked to the firm which rose by 109.4% in the three months to April 30. According to CEO... Read more →

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