Coming Into Los Angeles Signals Spending With Truckers: EcoPulse
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An increase in goods entering California is signaling optimism about the resilience of U.S. consumer spending and the trucking industry this year.
The combined inbound-container volume at the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports has risen 3.5 percent in the first four months of 2013 from a year earlier, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. That comes after total imports through these locations grew 0.9 percent last year compared with 2011.