Chris Jones, executive vice president of industry and services at Descartes, told American Shipper: “You can see that during the highly publicized lockdowns [earlier in the year], there was still a healthy flow of goods out of China.“However, there were also highly publicized comments by major retailers and others saying that they were reducing their international purchases — largely out of China — and looking for alternate sources.And that is happening now.” Bookings in China falling faster than total bookings Data from FreightWaves SONAR shows that bookings for China-to-U.S. cargoes have slowed more than overall inbound bookings.The gap has narrowed since March and has now almost vanished, as the China-to-U.S. bookings index declined faster than the overall index.But we do know that not doing contingency planning is a very dangerous option.” Click for more articles by Greg Miller Related articles: - As US-China relations worsen, expect supply chain chaos - After steep September slide, US imports stabilize in October - US imports sink in September, suffer steepest drop since 2020 lockdowns - Global trade at the crossroads: Risks from geopolitics, inflation loom - Saber-rattling in Taiwan Strait stokes new supply chain threat - Shipping’s China syndrome: Demand sinks across multiple cargo"