China's busiest port overwhelmed as businesses rush to beat US tariffs

The container terminal in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, is operating at full capacity as businesses rush to ship goods to the United States before potential new tariffs take effect.

President Donald Trump has threatened to impose a 10% levy on all Chinese imports starting in February, causing a frenzy among exporters.

Report informs via western media that the Yangtian terminal is witnessing long queues of trucks and containers as workers hurry to load and unload more goods. The impending Chinese New Year holiday has also contributed to the excessive workload at the container terminal.

Between January 20 and 28, the Yangtian container terminal had to increase its container handling volume by 15% to cope with the surge in demand.