LOS ANGELES, May 14 (Reuters) - U.S. bookings for

container transport from China to the United States spiked

almost 300% in the wake of the United States and China pausing

punishing tit-for-tat tariffs, container-tracking software

provider Vizion said on Wednesday.

The average bookings for the seven days ended Wednesday

soared 277% to 21,530 20-foot equivalent units from 5,709 TEUs

for the average for the seven days that ended on May 5, said Ben

Tracy, the company's vice president of strategic business

development said.

U.S. importers slammed the brakes on shipments after April

2, when Trump announced plans to slap 145% tariffs on goods made

in China.

That trade restarted after the United States and China on

Monday announced a 90-day thaw in their bruising trade war.

The United States said it would reduce tariffs it imposed on

Chinese imports in April to 30% from 145%, while China reduced

duties on U.S. imports to 10% from 125%.

"We are definitely starting to see the bookings return now

that this temporary pause is in effect," Tracy said.

German container shipping firm Hapag-Lloyd ( HLAGF ) earlier

on Wednesday said its bookings were up 50% for U.S.-China

traffic week on week in the first few days of this week.

When asked about Washington and Beijing's tariff truce, CEO

Rolf Habben Jansen told Reuters: "I expect that there will be

additional volume between China and the U.S. That is what we

have already seen in the last few days."