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

US imports from Philippines — monthly data by port and commodity

In May 2026, the 8 major US container gateways received 141 kt of containerised imports from Philippines, worth $0.73B (+49% by weight year-on-year), arriving mainly through Los Angeles & Long Beach. Against full-year 2018, Philippines’s 2025 containerised volume through these gateways was +27% 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 16 kt
Houston 8 kt
Norfolk 3 kt
Oakland 2 kt

What arrives in the boxes (top HS2 chapters)

electric machinery etc; sound equip; tv equip; pts 77 kt
prep vegetables, fruit, nuts or other plant parts 18 kt
beverages, spirits and vinegar 11 kt
rubber and articles thereof 7 kt
edible fruit & nuts; citrus fruit or melon peel 3 kt

Last 13 months

2026-05 141 kt$0.73B
2026-04 171 kt$0.80B
2026-03 151 kt$0.79B
2026-02 97 kt$0.52B
2026-01 97 kt$0.57B
2025-12 105 kt$0.59B
2025-11 203 kt$0.64B
2025-10 80 kt$0.56B
2025-09 92 kt$0.63B
2025-08 97 kt$0.64B
2025-07 94 kt$0.71B
2025-06 102 kt$0.69B
2025-05 95 kt$0.62B

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 · United Arab Emirates · Poland · Peru · Australia · Belgium · Bangladesh · Colombia · Austria · Egypt · all countries