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

US imports from Turkey — monthly data by port and commodity

In May 2026, the 8 major US container gateways received 372 kt of containerised imports from Turkey, worth $0.93B (+38% by weight year-on-year), arriving mainly through Savannah. Against full-year 2018, Turkey’s 2025 containerised volume through these gateways was +71% 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 110 kt
Houston 60 kt
Norfolk 54 kt
Oakland 4 kt

What arrives in the boxes (top HS2 chapters)

salt; sulfur; earth & stone; lime & cement plaster 62 kt
art of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica etc. 48 kt
prep vegetables, fruit, nuts or other plant parts 23 kt
plastics and articles thereof 22 kt
articles of iron or steel 21 kt

Last 13 months

2026-05 372 kt$0.93B
2026-04 278 kt$0.77B
2026-03 346 kt$0.81B
2026-02 239 kt$0.67B
2026-01 216 kt$0.68B
2025-12 301 kt$0.72B
2025-11 271 kt$0.73B
2025-10 307 kt$0.78B
2025-09 299 kt$0.87B
2025-08 299 kt$0.84B
2025-07 320 kt$0.79B
2025-06 303 kt$0.81B
2025-05 269 kt$0.78B

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