Los Angeles is home to the two largest container ports in the United States — the Port of LA and the Port of Long Beach. Together they handle more than 40% of all US container imports. For eCommerce brands importing from Asia, this means your inventory arrives in LA before it goes anywhere else.But the port access is only one reason LA is the best fulfillment location for national eCommerce brands.**West Coast Coverage**40% of the US population lives west of the Rocky Mountains. California alone has 39 million people. From a Los Angeles warehouse, the entire western US is 1-2 day ground shipping. That same shipment from a Chicago or New York warehouse would take 4-5 days.For brands with customer bases distributed across the country, an LA warehouse reduces average shipping zone — which directly reduces shipping cost and transit time.**Import Efficiency**If you manufacture in China, Vietnam, Bangladesh, or anywhere in Southeast Asia, your containers arrive at the Port of LA or Long Beach. From our Gardena facility — located 8 miles from the port — we can receive those containers directly, cutting the drayage cost and time of sending inventory across the country before fulfillment.**Same-Day Processing**3PLCity ships orders placed by 2 PM PST the same business day from our Gardena and Burbank facilities. For brands on the West Coast, that 2 PM cutoff is in your time zone — unlike East Coast 3PLs that effectively give you an 11 AM cutoff if you are in California.**The Strategic Advantage**Brands that move their fulfillment to Los Angeles consistently see lower average shipping costs, faster West Coast delivery, and simplified import logistics. For brands scaling nationally, LA is the most strategically positioned fulfillment location in the country.