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SECTION THREE • Trade Ties
Total TEUs Handled at the LA-LB Ports
18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
Millions of TEUs
4.7
4.5
4.6 4.5
7.1
6.1
4.9 5.2
5.8
7.3
6.7
7.5
7.3
8.5
7.3
8.4
6.5
7.8
5.1
6.7
6.3
7.8
6.1
7.9
6.0
8.1
Los Angeles
Long Beach
6.7
7.9
3.2 3.3
3.7 4.1
The Port of Los Angeles (POLA)
The Ports of Los Angeles (POLA) and Long Beach make up
the San Pedro Bay port complex. Located 20 miles south of
downtown Los Angeles the POLA is situated on 7,500 acres
of land, with 43 miles of waterfront, 270 berths, 85 container
cranes, 16 marinas and 23 cargo terminals, including dry and
liquid bulk, container, breakbulk, automobile and omni facilities.
The Port is also home to the World Cruise Center at Berths 91-
93, which has more than a dozen cruise lines calling throughout
the year. During the 2013-2014 cruise season, six different
cruise lines had regular ship calls including:
• Azamara Club Cruises
• Celebrity Cruises
• Crystal Cruises
• Disney Cruise Line
• Norwegian Cruise Line
• Princess Cruises
In 2013, the Port of Los Angeles was the busiest port in the
United States for the fourteenth consecutive year, which
is mainly attributable to imports from Mainland China.
However, it is important to understand that a significant
amount of these imports are from Taiwanese companies that
have re-located to Mainland China over the past decade. The
POLA is currently the sixteenth busiest port in the world. When
combined with the adjacent Port of Long Beach, the resulting
complex becomes the ninth busiest port facility in the world.
Container volumes have more than doubled over the past
decade. The POLA handled 7.9 million twenty-Foot Equivalent
Units (TEUs) in 2013. The total cargo tonnage was 165.1
million metric revenue tons in 2013 with a value of $284.5
billion. In 2013, 2,143 vessels arrived at the port and 169,107
automobiles were handled.
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2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Source: Ports of Los Angeles & Long Beach
2006
Total Import TEUs were 4.1 million in 2013.
The five largest categories were:
Furniture
400,879 TEUs
Auto Parts
342,977 TEUs
Apparel
336,702 TEUs
Electronic Products
217,617 TEUs
Footwear
167,143 TEUs
Total Export TEUs at the Port of Los Angeles
were 3.75 million in 2013.
The five largest categories were:
Paper, Paperboard and Wastepaper 293,523 TEUs
Animal Feeds
216,181 TEUs
Scrap Metal
124,786 TEUs
Fabric
83,544 TEUs
Soybeans
50,731 TEUs
2007
Northeast and Southeast Asia account for almost all (over 90%)
of the trade routes served by the Port of Los Angeles (POLA).
The overwhelming majority of the total trade comes in the
form of imports, mainly from Mainland China. However, a large
percentage of those goods are related to Taiwanese companies
manufacturing in Mainland China. Mainland China was the
POLA’s most important trading partner in 2013, followed by
Japan, South Korea and then Taiwan.
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2013 YTD
2014 YTD
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