After widespread slowdown, Port of LA import surge is a sign Trump's 'whipsaw' tariffs sparked 'one last' stockpiling

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For months, Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka warned of slashes to shipment arrivals from China and reduced hours for dock workers and truckers as a result of President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariff threats.

As the busiest port in the U.S. saw record-setting shipping volumes last month, Seroka still isn’t breathing a sigh of relief. The Port of LA reported its busiest-ever June in its 117-year history with 892,000 container units, an 8% increase from the year before and a turnaround from the precipitous 9% year-over-year drop in May. Still, Seroka sees this improvement as a sign of businesses bracing themselves for the next round of tariff uncertainty.

“While record-setting volume is welcome news, it also highlights the tariff whipsaw effect that we’ve mentioned before,” Seroka told reporters in a press briefing on Monday.

Supply-chain platform Project44 has seen similar trends globally, with “higher-than-normal imports from China” on a global scale, Eric Fullerton, Project44 senior director of product marketing, told Fortune.

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