While export volume is declining by double digits at both ports, Georgia has fared far better, with its rate of decline slowing to 12. 2 percent in May, the best showing since November.

40%

ASIA AIR FREIGHT

CHANGE – 12.2% – 35.7%

5%

■ Monthly year-over-year percent change in traffic and capacity for Asia-Pacific airlines.

May’s 18. 6 percent decline in traffic represented the slimmest rate of decline since November as volume increased 2. 5 percent over April.

0%

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Source: Association of Asia Pacific Airlines, www.aapairlines.org

30%

IMPORTS January-May May

In laden TEUs 2009 CHANGE 2008 2009 CHANGE Georgia ports 347,926 – 22.0% 87,036 67,298 – 22.7%

South Carolina ports 204,584 – 32.5% 66,335 40,454 – 39.0%

The year-over-year rate of decline in imports accelerated in May at both ports after improving in April. South Carolina posted its worst month of the year with its fourth consecutive month of 30 percent declines or more. January remains the best performing month this year for both ports.

20%

120

■ ATA’s Truck Tonnage Index, seasonally adjusted, (2000=100).

May’s 3. 2 percent increase from April — when the index plummeted below its 2000 baseline — represented the index’s first uptick since February. Year-over-year comparisons, however, illustrate the weakness in tonnage, with May down 11 percent from a year earlier. The index is 15. 6 percent off its five-year peak of 121.2 reached in January 2005.

TRUCK TONNAGE

Georgia ports South Carolina ports

10%

115

0%

–10%

–20%

–30%

110

105

100

Sources: Georgia Ports Authority, www.gaports.com; South Carolina State Port Authority, www.scspa.com –40%

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95

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