Shipments come in from the west coast that are sent directly to the Midwest and then distributed throughout the rest of the country.
Keep in mind that auto shipments and sales tend to be quite volatile. They've been really going up and down pretty wildly over the last few months, and so I'd be hesitant to read too much into any one reading.
We need to devise a way to effectively inspect these trash shipments and if there is no way to inspect them adequately, we simply should not allow them into this country.
When the Midwest harvest gets into full swing and whether they'll be able to handle grain shipments then, that's going to be the true test.
The data are heavily distorted by a large military contract and the surge in vehicle sales. Once these have dissipated, orders and shipments will sag again.
All three of them were having a kind of turf war. They were depending on us for daily shipments of food, water and ice. I told them they need to cooperate or we wouldn't cooperate with them.
The initial shipments of Xbox 360 will be based on today's DVD format. We are looking at whether future versions of Xbox 360 will incorporate an additional capability of an HD DVD player or something else.
Momentum in the blade market continues, with shipments growing by 60 percent from 2004 to 2005. While IBM only has 20 percent of the x86 market, they benefit more from the shift to blade systems, given their dominance there.
I'd have to say that in the US, even though there's widespread resistance, we just haven't seen the huge numbers that some of these countries have. That may still be to come if shipments were to start, for example.
It's a whole lot cheaper than starting a war. And I don't think any oil shipments will stop.