Trimtabist

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

US imports from Colombia — monthly data by port and commodity

In May 2026, the 8 major US container gateways received 62 kt of containerised imports from Colombia, worth $0.21B (+12% by weight year-on-year), arriving mainly through Houston. Against full-year 2018, Colombia’s 2025 containerised volume through these gateways was +39% 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 21 kt
Savannah 8 kt
Oakland 3 kt
Norfolk 3 kt

What arrives in the boxes (top HS2 chapters)

coffee, tea, mate & spices 11 kt
electric machinery etc; sound equip; tv equip; pts 10 kt
sugars and sugar confectionary 7 kt
soap etc; waxes, polish etc; candles; dental preps 4 kt
plastics and articles thereof 4 kt

Last 13 months

2026-05 62 kt$0.21B
2026-04 51 kt$0.24B
2026-03 73 kt$0.28B
2026-02 53 kt$0.27B
2026-01 54 kt$0.31B
2025-12 69 kt$0.38B
2025-11 57 kt$0.30B
2025-10 66 kt$0.33B
2025-09 63 kt$0.29B
2025-08 60 kt$0.29B
2025-07 57 kt$0.29B
2025-06 55 kt$0.29B
2025-05 56 kt$0.27B

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 · Bangladesh · Austria · Egypt · all countries