Transport Container Market

Transport container market: get recently published statistics featured by an Ai-driven market intelligence tool. Information contain exports, imports, trade, market prices, companies, production, consumption, and market size. Here is a breakdown by country, including Russia, Latin America, Africa, the U.K., the Middle East, the U.S., China, and EU. Market insights and forecast to 2030 are also featured in the snapshots.

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Transport Container - World's Largest Markets

Rating	Country
1	China
2	United States
3	Hong Kong SAR
4	India
5	South Korea

In value terms, the largest transport container markets worldwide were China, the United States and Hong Kong SAR, together accounting for 58% of the global market. These countries were followed by India, South Korea, Japan, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Brazil and Spain, which together accounted for a further 14%.

Among the main consuming countries, South Korea (+359.3% per year) saw the highest growth rate of market size, over the period under review, while transport container market for the other global leaders experienced more modest paces of growth.

Transport Container Prices

Lowest Prices - FOB - Top Exporters

COUNTRY	2018	2019	2020	CAGR, 2018-2020
COUNTRY	USD per unit			CAGR, 2018-2020
Spain	206	150	322	24.9%
Belgium	2308	902	405	-58.1%
South Korea	428	386	469	4.7%
Czech Republic	235	320	593	58.9%
South Africa	1097	934	1033	-3.0%
Italy	1566	1271	1214	-12.0%
Thailand	1458	1230	1244	-7.7%
United States	5903	3230	1290	-53.3%
Poland	1965	1847	1865	-2.6%
France	1532	2755	1896	11.3%
China	3079	2769	3621	8.4%
Average	2326	1997	2286	-0.8%

There were significant differences in the average prices amongst the major exporting countries. In 2020, the country with the highest price was China ($3,621 per unit), while Spain ($322 per unit) was amongst the lowest.

From 2018 to 2020, the most notable rate of growth in terms of prices was attained by the Czech Republic (+58.9% per year), while the other global leaders experienced more modest paces of growth.

Highest Prices - CIF - Top Importers

COUNTRY	2018	2019	2020	CAGR, 2018-2020
COUNTRY	USD per unit			CAGR, 2018-2020
Hong Kong SAR	3091	2877	3151	1.0%
Germany	2430	2619	2465	0.7%
Taiwan (Chinese)	889	2286	1784	41.7%
France	1446	1611	1524	2.7%
South Korea	1189	1016	1124	-2.7%
Netherlands	1614	1494	1047	-19.5%
Japan	907	899	801	-6.0%
Austria	914	725	740	-10.0%
United Kingdom	1146	1568	473	-35.8%
United States	865	528	429	-29.5%
Spain	813	799	364	-33.1%
Belgium	617	498	325	-27.4%
Saudi Arabia	200	164	199	-0.3%
Average	1271	1185	1163	-4.3%

Prices varied noticeably by the country of destination; the country with the highest price was Hong Kong SAR ($3,151 per unit), while Saudi Arabia ($199 per unit) was amongst the lowest.

From 2018 to 2020, the most notable rate of growth in terms of prices was attained by Taiwan (Chinese), while the other global leaders experienced more modest paces of growth.

Transport Container - Top Importers

COUNTRY	2018	2019	2020	CAGR, 2018-2020
COUNTRY	billion USD			CAGR, 2018-2020
Hong Kong SAR	2.6	1.6	2	-11.8%
United States	0.7	0.6	0.5	-15.7%
Germany	0.3	0.3	0.3	8.7%
Taiwan (Chinese)	0.3	0.2	0.2	-17.0%
South Korea	0.2	0.2	0.2	3.9%

In value terms, Hong Kong SAR ($2B) constitutes the largest market for imported transport containers worldwide, comprising 34% of global imports. The second position in the ranking was occupied by the United States ($500M), with a 8.5% share of global imports. It was followed by Germany, with a 5.3% share.

From 2018 to 2020, the average annual growth rate of value in Hong Kong SAR amounted to -11.8%. The remaining importing countries recorded the following average annual rates of imports growth: the United States (-15.7% per year) and Germany (+8.7% per year).

Transport Container - Top Exporters

COUNTRY	2018	2019	2020	CAGR, 2018-2020
COUNTRY	billion USD			CAGR, 2018-2020
China	10	6.7	7.4	-16.0%
United States	0.4	0.4	0.4	-2.1%
South Korea	0.1	0.1	0.2	18.1%
Poland	0.2	0.2	0.2	-1.1%
France	0.2	0.2	0.1	-4.0%

In value terms, China ($7.4B) remains the largest transport container supplier worldwide, comprising 76% of global exports. The second position in the ranking was occupied by the United States ($394M), with a 4% share of global exports. It was followed by South Korea, with a 1.7% share.

In China, transport container exports contracted by an average annual rate of -16.0% over the period from 2018-2020. In the other countries, the average annual rates were as follows: the United States (-2.1% per year) and South Korea (+18.1% per year).

Transport Container - Market Forecast

The transport container market is expected to start a downward consumption trend over the next decade. The performance of the market is forecast to decrease slightly, with an anticipated CAGR of -2.0% for the ten-year period from 2020 to 2030, which is projected to depress the market volume to by the end of 2030.