Zhang lj, Zhang Yunhong

America's largest container port container traffic fell 5.2% year on year in April, Los Angeles and long beach to continue efforts to solve the problem of excess goods backlog.

Surged 63.2% year-on-year in March, compared with in April 2014, two ports imports fell 2.2%, to 645516 TEU. Exports during the same period fell 11.3%, to 283301 TEU.

Port of Los Angeles, points out that all of the decline is because compared with last year surged as a result, the summer due to the dockers negotiations importers delay in shipping.

"In addition, there is the uncertainty of ships in April this year league led many shipping companies continue to return to her across the Pacific shift," port said.

Only during the month of growth in long beach, which imports rose 7.3%, to 317376 TEU. Exports is one of the largest in the port of Los Angeles, fell by 15.8%, to 145655 TEU.

The whole April, Los Angeles and long beach, two total throughput of port so far this year fell by 5.3% and 5.3% respectively.

In spite of the fall, the national retail federation and hackett association between partners - the global port track prediction, compared with the same period last year six months during April to September this year, the two ports of imports surged 18.9%.