The port of Long Beach reported its second busiest month in its 114 -year history on its 114 -year history because retailers rushed to use US tariffs in China.
Long Beach, part of the San Pedro Port Complex with the Port of Los Angeles, was processed in August 901,846 units equivalent to twenty -feet (TEU). The port announced in a copy of 1.3 % of the monthly record set in 2024.
Imports fell 3.6 % to 440,318 TEU, while exported by 8.3 % to 95.960 TEU. Empty containers, the index of future import activity increased by 3.7 % and reached 365.567 TEU.
“Changing trade policies continues to create uncertainty for jobs and consumers,” said Mario Cordro, executive director of Port Long Beach. “The digital tracker of our supply chain is predicting the peak season of our transportation, which starts at its speed last year as retailers are starting to prepare their warehouses for winter holidays.”
The initial pause of 90 -day tariffs by President Donald Trump expired in early August. The new and uniform pause is now implemented in November as Beijing and Washington work on the details of the business agreement.
Privately, a transportation manager told Freightwaves that pausing tariffs provides different types of US customs and border protection, which has drowned out of the severe volume of changes that are coming out of Washington.
But the distributor of industrial testing equipment, which provides some of its products from China and Malaysia, told the wave that it has been seen that customer demand is starting to choose from June, becoming stronger in July and likely to reach a record in August. The distributor said the price increase due to tariffs has only increased by about 3 % and its customers will feel more settled in their business plans in the coming months.
Long Beach won 6,592,708 TEU in the first eight months of 2025, this increased 8.3 % in Y/Y.
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