Trimtabist

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

US imports from Egypt — monthly data by port and commodity

In May 2026, the 8 major US container gateways received 68 kt of containerised imports from Egypt, worth $0.21B (+40% by weight year-on-year), arriving mainly through New York & New Jersey. Against full-year 2018, Egypt’s 2025 containerised volume through these gateways was +72% 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
Houston 6 kt
Norfolk 5 kt
Oakland 1 kt

What arrives in the boxes (top HS2 chapters)

prep vegetables, fruit, nuts or other plant parts 13 kt
glass and glassware 9 kt
plastics and articles thereof 8 kt
apparel articles and accessories, knit or crochet 5 kt
edible vegetables & certain roots & tubers 4 kt

Last 13 months

2026-05 68 kt$0.21B
2026-04 52 kt$0.18B
2026-03 54 kt$0.18B
2026-02 51 kt$0.17B
2026-01 53 kt$0.19B
2025-12 100 kt$0.17B
2025-11 46 kt$0.13B
2025-10 53 kt$0.17B
2025-09 59 kt$0.21B
2025-08 51 kt$0.19B
2025-07 57 kt$0.20B
2025-06 58 kt$0.21B
2025-05 48 kt$0.14B

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 · Colombia · Austria · all countries