Containers are starting to arrive full of goods for the holiday season.
Richard Steinke, the executive director of the Port of Long Beach, said:
We’re still a little cautious about how sustainable it is but from hearing from the retailers and some of the importers it sounds like we’re going to see that sustained business at least through the end of this year.
Shipping ports like this one are often a barometer of demand for durable goods — whether imports or exports — and seen as a leading indicator for retail sales and international trade.
“You’re going to see agricultural products that really start to move in greater quantities, in larger numbers, and that really benefits those consumers, and it really improves the balance of trade,” Steinke said in relation to Asian exports starting to catch up with imports.