Ports Traffic Down 33% Last Week; Will drop to Zero (From China) within 10 days. Only 5 to 7 Weeks Inventory in Warehouses
Mon 3:10 pm +00:00, 5 May 2025
Gene Seroka, the Executive Director of the Port of Los Angeles, appeared on Bloomberg Business News, and revealed the ongoing Trade War with China has resulted in a 33% drop in Ocean Container Ships entering his Port last week. Seroka also revealed the drop will rise to about 80% after this coming week, and AFTER THAT, Warehouses in the U.S. only have five to seven WEEKS of Inventory – then it’s all GONE.
The ongoing Trade War is approaching a very clear moment, where EVERY AMERICAN is going to see it and feel it.
This Trade War, made necessary because so many foreign countries have added Tariffs and Restrictions to US goods, began on April 10 and the very real effects are just now beginning to show up through a plunge in arriving Ocean Container freight.
By the end of this next coming week, (By Saturday, May 10) alarm bells are going to start sounding because there won’t be any more incoming ocean freight coming in to Los Angeles from China.
One week after that, (Saturday, May 17) no more trucked-in China ocean freight arriving in Chicago, and A plummet in China freight arriving in Houston.
One week after that, (Saturday, May 24) no more China Ocean freight arriving in New York City.
From May 24, all the Warehouses, Logistics Centers and Distribution Centers throughout the entire United States, have only five (5) to Seven (7) WEEKS of various inventory. So five weeks from May 24 is June 28. BY JUNE 28, Americans will begin to see empty spaces on store shelves. It will begin on the West Coast and rapidly move eastward.
Two weeks after that, by July 12, the warehouses, logistics centers, and Distribution centers, will ALL be empty of China freight.
Here is the video from Bloomberg Business TV, featuring Port of Los Angeles Executive Director, Gene Seroka:
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The National Retail Federation, and analysts at JP Morgan, are reporting “overall imports” are down 20% and China Imports — that have LEFT PORT – are down 75-80% ! ! ! !
Oh, and for those of you who are in denial, who refuse to acknowledge reality until it comes up and bites you in the butt, because you don’t want to believe your oh-so-cushy-lifestyle might be interrupted . . . . even if all the trade troubles halted TODAY, it would still take another 30 days before any goods manufactured in China, would even be arriving in Los Angeles. 40 days to Houston. 55 days to New York.
