Trimtabist

The US Trade Ledger — every US container gateway, every partner country, every month. Census-recorded, AIS-verified.

What does the Port of Norfolk import — and from where?

In May 2026, the Port of Norfolk received 1,124 kt of containerised imports worth $5.95B (+12% by weight vs May 2025), led by India at 138 kt. Counted by US customs from declarations filed under penalty; mirrored and revision-tracked by the Trimtab US Trade Ledger. Updated: 2026-08-06.

Top partner countries · May 2026 · containerised imports

India 138 kt$0.56B
China 131 kt$0.48B
Vietnam 92 kt$0.39B
Italy 61 kt$0.48B

Top commodity chapters (HS2)

nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery etc.; parts 112 kt
plastics and articles thereof 88 kt
furnit;bedding,mattres;luminaires,light fix;prefab 67 kt
electric machinery etc; sound equip; tv equip; pts 58 kt
articles of iron or steel 49 kt

At the port right now — own-recorded AIS

14 merchant vessels alongside, 16 at anchor, 8 underway in the gateway zone (150 m+, AIS type 70–79). Latest observation: 2026-08-05T13:31:22.082ZZ. Live board: /gateways.

Last 13 months · containerised import weight & value

2026-05 1,124 kt$5.95B
2026-04 944 kt$5.16B
2026-03 1,113 kt$5.87B
2026-02 807 kt$4.41B
2026-01 1,077 kt$5.31B
2025-12 960 kt$5.36B
2025-11 864 kt$4.66B
2025-10 896 kt$4.91B
2025-09 923 kt$5.43B
2025-08 1,013 kt$5.55B
2025-07 1,047 kt$5.65B
2025-06 872 kt$5.08B
2025-05 1,003 kt$5.78B

Method & machine-readable

Source: US Census Bureau port-level trade (port of unlading, verified — landlocked ports report zero vessel weight). Grand-total rows only for totals; DET country rows for the breakdown — the overlapping APEC/OECD groupings Census ships in the same response are excluded, or every figure would read ~3× too high. Census revises prior months; this mirror archives every restatement. Cross-checked against independent AIS observation of the same gateways (method).
CSV: aggregate series · MCP: query_series, gateway_conditions — no API key · Other gateways: Los Angeles & Long Beach · New York & New Jersey · Savannah · Houston · Charleston · Oakland · Seattle & Tacoma