SAN PEDRO, Calif. — The country’s biggest shipping container port reported a second consecutive month of record-breaking cargo in July, as importers continued to rush in products to beat the implementation and downstream effects of President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
The Port of Los Angeles handled 1.02 million shipping containers last month. Imports were up 8% compared with a year earlier.
Through the first seven months of the year, the port has handled 5% more cargo compared with 2024, but that volume is expected to ease in the coming months following Trump’s recent flurry of tariff announcements that experts and officials believe will start increasing consumer prices noticeably later this year.
“It seems likely that goods coming into the U.S. may have already peaked,” Port of LA execut