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Components for apparel at the Long Beach and Los Angeles ports were hit hard in some respects, with knitted or crocheted fabrics seeing an 89 percent decline to 123 metric tons processed, according to Port of Long Beach CEO Noel Hacegaba.
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Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 27 Feb. 2026
One allowance is a permit to emit one metric ton of greenhouse gases, measured in carbon dioxide equivalent.
—Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 26 Feb. 2026
The plant will create 1,500 jobs and produce roughly 10,000 metric tons of rare earth magnets annually for things like electric vehicles, robots, data centers and military technology.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Feb. 2026
The ships set sail from the port of Veracruz on Tuesday with a total of roughly 1,200 metric tons of food supplies, according to Mexico's Foreign Ministry.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 26 Feb. 2026
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Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 27 Feb. 2026
One allowance is a permit to emit one metric ton of greenhouse gases, measured in carbon dioxide equivalent.
—Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 26 Feb. 2026
The plant will create 1,500 jobs and produce roughly 10,000 metric tons of rare earth magnets annually for things like electric vehicles, robots, data centers and military technology.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Feb. 2026
The ships set sail from the port of Veracruz on Tuesday with a total of roughly 1,200 metric tons of food supplies, according to Mexico's Foreign Ministry.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 26 Feb. 2026
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“Metric ton.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/metric%20ton. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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