LOS ANGELES, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Cargo operations at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), one of the busiest ports in the United States, set another single-month record for trade by value in June, with a total of 14.9 billion U.S. dollars in global imports and exports.
In June, LAX totaled 8.86 billion dollars in imports and 6.07 billion dollars in exports, a 22.94-percent increase over June 2021 and a 16.59-percent increase over May 2022, said Los Angeles World Airports, which owns and operates LAX and Van Nuys Airport for the city of Los Angeles, in a news release on Monday, citing a ustradenumbers.com analysis of U.S. government data.
For the first half of 2022, trade at LAX was valued at 78.71 billion dollars, which is a 21.52-percent increase over the first six months in 2021, said the news release, adding that imports have led the way at 47.81 billion dollars year-to-date while exports were valued at 30.9 billion dollars.
Those figures place LAX eighth among all ports of entry in the U.S., and third among all U.S. airports.
The continuation of record-setting cargo operations at LAX highlights the airport's critical role in the global supply chain, said Justin Erbacci, chief executive officer of Los Angeles World Airports, in the news release. ■
