Los Angeles port: Peak season coming soon, strong imports ahead

picture of dockworkers at the Port of Los Angeles

Despite surging inflation and waning consumer confidence, Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka sees America’s import boom persisting in the months ahead.

“While we’re cost-minded and we feel it at the pump and at the grocery store, we’re going to continue to buy,” he predicted at a press conference Tuesday, pointing to Americans’ $1 trillion in accumulated savings and $1.2 trillion in revolving credit.

Americans aren’t buying the same kind of goods they were at the height of the...

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