Trimtabist

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

US imports from Bangladesh — monthly data by port and commodity

In May 2026, the 8 major US container gateways received 61 kt of containerised imports from Bangladesh, worth $0.61B (+15% by weight year-on-year), arriving mainly through New York & New Jersey. Against full-year 2018, Bangladesh’s 2025 containerised volume through these gateways was +56% vs 2018. Counted by US customs; mirrored and revision-tracked by the Trimtab US Trade Ledger. Updated: 2026-08-06.

Which US gateways receive it · May 2026

Savannah 11 kt
Norfolk 4 kt
Houston 3 kt
Oakland 1 kt

What arrives in the boxes (top HS2 chapters)

apparel articles and accessories, not knit etc. 26 kt
apparel articles and accessories, knit or crochet 17 kt
plastics and articles thereof 4 kt
textile art nesoi; needlecraft sets; worn text art 4 kt
footwear, gaiters etc. and parts thereof 2 kt

Last 13 months

2026-05 61 kt$0.61B
2026-04 67 kt$0.66B
2026-03 66 kt$0.69B
2026-02 56 kt$0.62B
2026-01 75 kt$0.82B
2025-12 58 kt$0.61B
2025-11 54 kt$0.53B
2025-10 64 kt$0.64B
2025-09 83 kt$0.81B
2025-08 64 kt$0.65B
2025-07 71 kt$0.72B
2025-06 69 kt$0.76B
2025-05 53 kt$0.55B

Method & machine-readable

Scope: containerised imports through the 8 major US container gateways (LA/LB, NY-NJ, Savannah, Houston, Charleston, Norfolk, Oakland, Seattle-Tacoma) — a defined slice, not a national total. Source: US Census port-level trade, port of unlading. Census revises prior months; this mirror archives every restatement. Country codes are Census Schedule C, verified against the official list. Cross-checked against independent AIS observation of the same gateways (method).
MCP: query_series, search_series — no API key · Ports: Los Angeles & Long Beach · New York & New Jersey · Savannah · Houston · Charleston · Norfolk · Oakland · Seattle & Tacoma
Other origins: China · Vietnam · India · Thailand · South Korea · Italy · Germany · Indonesia · Taiwan · Japan · Malaysia · Brazil · Turkey · Spain · France · Cambodia · Chile · Pakistan · Netherlands · United Kingdom · Philippines · United Arab Emirates · Poland · Peru · Australia · Belgium · Colombia · Austria · Egypt · all countries