Food, Beverage & Tobacco
Industry Summary
Food, Beverage & Tobacco is the most vital lifeline to global markets in the form of perishable and dry cargo flows each with their individual supply-chains, countries All other (with 64.8%), United States (with 10.2%), Italy (with 9.2%), Panama (with 5.6%), China (with 5.3%), Guatemala (with 4.9%) are leading in producing perishables globally. Forming the first indispensable demand pillar of three with Together with Retail & wholesale and Pharma & Healthcare to developed markets. Food, beverage and tobacco is predominantly transported in containers and general cargo.
- Total Consignees
- 15,085
- Total Shippers
- 16,886
- Total BLS
- 5,228,485
Industry Details
Food, Beverage & Tobacco trade consists of 34 commodity groups with 546 underlying commodities. Top 5 leading commodity groups in TEU volume are 1. Fruits & Nuts (2041941 TEU) 2. Alcoholic Drinks (945180 TEU) 3. Non-alcoholic Drinks (604014 TEU) 4. Pastas (437762 TEU) 5. Coffe & Tea (402876 TEU). The leading ports in liftings are ANTWERP, ANVERS, BELGIUM, PUERTO MANZANILLO, MANZANILLO, PANAMA, ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS where the majority of cargo flows into discharge ports NEWARK, NJ, PHILADELPHIA, PA, LOS ANGELES, CA with carriers MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING COMPANY S.A. - MSC, HAPAG LLOYD, CMA CGM leading in total volume. Yet, differently to more stable year round flows as a results of factory produced volume, a major chunk of Food, Beverage and tobacco is seasonality bound due to the natural and perishable nature of the cargo. Catching the wave on commodity seasonality starts here