Tariff Quote Watch: K+N Sees Stagnant First Quarter Once Stock Building Ends — Panjiva
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Tariff Quote Watch: K+N Sees Stagnant First Quarter Once Stock Building Ends

China 3053 Corp - Forwarders 347 Mode - Containerized 1525 Mode - Seaborne 1846 Quote Watch 452 Tariffs 1870 Trade Deals 1017 U.S. 5404 United Kingdom 391

Global trade policy uncertainty has worked to the advantage of the freight forwarder sector so far with third quarter revenues having risen by 8.8% on a year earlier as importers race to beat tariffs. Yet, K+N’s CEO, Detlef Trefzger, has indicated “that trade could stagnate in the first quarter” as stockpiling in the U.K. and U.S. dissipates. British imports rose 17.4% in 3Q 2018 vs. 2Q 2016 before the Brexit referendum, though sequential growth has been just 2.3%. The U.S.-China trade war resulted in an 8.0% rise in U.S. imports from China in the three months to Oct...

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