Exports Rise in Port of L.A., Fall in Long Beach
Imports through the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach were little changed in April from a year ago. Exports fell at Long Beach and rose at Los Angeles.
Led by clothing, toys and shoes, shipments arriving at the Port of Long Beach increased 0.9% last month to 202,600 containers. Imports to the Port of Los Angeles fell 0.3% to 210,700 containers.
April marked the sixth consecutive month that exports from Long Beach declined. Outbound shipments fell 16% to 76,600.
Exporters moved 88,100 containers out of the Port of Long Beach in April, up 3.3%.
In April, the volume of empty containers sent back to Asia and other countries from the Port of Los Angeles rose 7.3% to 118,600. Shippers moved 87,300 empties through Long Beach last month, up 17%.
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