US importers Warn Jan. 1 Tariffs Will Crunch Supply Chains

Already chaotic and upended, the Trump administration’s proposed Jan. 1, 2019, 25 percent tariff on imports from China is causing importers to scramble for ocean, truck, and rail capacity — with the next ramification being the warehouse variable: will there be any space after the front-loading? (Above: The Port of Los Angeles.)

US importers, already suffering supply-chain disruptions from previous rounds of tariffs, say the threat of a 25 percent tariff to be imposed by the Trump administration on imports on China, effective January 1, will further roil shipping patterns and will stress the intermodal supply chain, especially…

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