In May 2026, the 8 major US container gateways received 438 kt of containerised imports from Japan, worth $4.45B (+13% by weight year-on-year), arriving mainly through Los Angeles & Long Beach. Against full-year 2018, Japan’s 2025 containerised volume through these gateways was +1% vs 2018. Counted by US customs; mirrored and revision-tracked by the Trimtab US Trade Ledger. Updated: 2026-08-06.
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).
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Ports: Los Angeles & Long Beach · New York & New Jersey · Savannah · Houston · Charleston · Norfolk · Oakland · Seattle & Tacoma
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