New January Record for U.S. Exports from L.A. Port

Following up on a record-setting year in 2011 for U.S. export containers shipped from the Port of Los Angeles, another record was set last month, this time for the most ever loaded outbound containers shipped in the month of January, at 168,427.   That was a 5.9% increase over last January, and a 19% increase over two years ago.