Los Angeles Civil War Escalates! Partial traffic intermittent blockade
Date：2025-06-13 10:10:00 View：
Recently, Los Angeles, USA, has entered a state of tactical alert due to large-scale civil unrest caused by federal immigration enforcement actions. This storm continues to ferment, triggering a series of chain reactions and causing waves in the cross-border industry, causing many cross-border sellers to be worried.
1. Current situation of the port
For cross-border sellers who rely on the port of Los Angeles for import and export business, cargo safety is undoubtedly the most concerning issue at present.
According to reports, as of June 10, 2025, the loading and unloading operations as well as gate traffic at the ports of Los Angeles (the largest port in the United States) and Long Beach have not been directly impacted. The dock crane is operating normally, the roads for container trucks to enter and exit the port are also unobstructed, and there are no obvious abnormalities in the operation of Amazon Logistics warehousing.
However, the protests have had an indirect impact on port logistics.
The intermittent blockade of key transportation channels such as Highway 101 has significantly reduced the efficiency of container trucks entering and leaving the port. The originally efficient transportation process has been disrupted, resulting in an average delay of 1-2 days in the transportation time of goods and an increase of 15% -20% in transportation costs.
Fortunately, the California Highway Patrol has announced the reopening of some sections of the road, and logistics transportation is gradually recovering.
2. Existing risks
Long Beach and Los Angeles jointly operate the largest port complex in the United States, with a significant trading position.
According to statistics, about 60% of the trade volume of the port complex comes from China. In 2022 alone, these ports injected approximately $300 billion into the economy of Los Angeles County and contributed $93 billion in tax revenue, making their role in driving the local economy self-evident.
But now, these ports are facing multiple challenges. The impact of tariff policies should not be underestimated, such as the imposition of a 10% tariff on Chinese goods, which undoubtedly increases trade costs.
And this riot has added insult to injury. Under dual pressure, the container throughput of Los Angeles Port plummeted by 30% in May, hitting a new low in recent years. This data clearly reflects the high dependence of ports on trade with Asia, especially China.
Currently, the increase in tariffs and uncertainty in Sino US relations have led to a sharp slowdown in the speed of goods circulation. If the riots in Los Angeles continue to escalate and even spread to the surrounding areas of the port, affecting the smooth flow of the port's core channels, the port data for June may further deteriorate.
At that time, the efficiency of cross-border sellers' goods import and export will be directly affected, and inventory pressure will also increase, posing severe challenges to the operation of enterprises.