U.S. Housing Boom Spurs Jump in Asia Shipments: Freight
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Thanks to the U.S. housing boom, Asian manufacturers are shipping the most furniture and building materials by containers in seven years.
U.S. imports of furniture and building materials from Asia, destined for retailers such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Target Corp., rose 6.3 percent in the first four months of the year, compared with a year earlier, to the most since 2007, according to Japan Maritime Center figures.