Trimtabist

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

US imports from Brazil — monthly data by port and commodity

In May 2026, the 8 major US container gateways received 313 kt of containerised imports from Brazil, worth $0.84B (-31% by weight year-on-year), arriving mainly through New York & New Jersey. Against full-year 2018, Brazil’s 2025 containerised volume through these gateways was -5% 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

Houston 85 kt
Savannah 37 kt
Charleston 33 kt
Norfolk 30 kt
Oakland 5 kt

What arrives in the boxes (top HS2 chapters)

wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 71 kt
art of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica etc. 54 kt
meat and edible meat offal 23 kt
paper & paperboard & articles (inc papr pulp artl) 16 kt
coffee, tea, mate & spices 15 kt

Last 13 months

2026-05 313 kt$0.84B
2026-04 261 kt$0.80B
2026-03 218 kt$0.72B
2026-02 200 kt$0.59B
2026-01 260 kt$0.68B
2025-12 224 kt$0.65B
2025-11 228 kt$0.51B
2025-10 221 kt$0.61B
2025-09 212 kt$0.60B
2025-08 299 kt$0.76B
2025-07 346 kt$0.91B
2025-06 373 kt$0.97B
2025-05 456 kt$1.22B

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 · Turkey · Spain · France · Cambodia · Chile · Pakistan · Netherlands · United Kingdom · Philippines · United Arab Emirates · Poland · Peru · Australia · Belgium · Bangladesh · Colombia · Austria · Egypt · all countries