2026 Top 100 Importers & Exporters Contents
36 Insufficient memory
The data center boom is threatening US consumer electronics imports
37 Ahead of the game
US toymakers are absorbing tariff costs and importing less to preserve sales
40 Inventory hangover
US alcohol importers are managing shifting consumption habits
41
‘ Cascading costs’
The Middle East fuel shock is exacerbating rising US ag export costs
42‘ Another six months’
A war-driven supply squeeze could boost US resin export growth
42 Logjammed
Structural demand shifts are pulverizing US forest exports
DEPARTMENTS
12 International Maritime From shock to shortage
Bunker fuel dislocation and scarcity loom as the Strait of Hormuz remains shut
Running
interference
Hesitation from port authorities is slowing automation in Southern California
46 Government Call to pause
An anti-data center push in the US is threatening a project cargo surge
48 Surface Transportation More than fuel
A broad US truck pricing increase is gaining steam
If
at first...
UP-NS says its revised merger application will address initial deficiencies and critics’ concerns
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