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What does the Port of Charleston import — and from where?

In May 2026, the Port of Charleston received 929 kt of containerised imports worth $4.85B (+10% by weight vs May 2025), led by Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) at 145 kt. Counted by US customs from declarations filed under penalty; mirrored and revision-tracked by the Trimtab US Trade Ledger. Updated: 2026-08-06.

Top partner countries · May 2026 · containerised imports

Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) 145 kt$1.13B
China 134 kt$0.52B
Vietnam 69 kt$0.34B
India 62 kt$0.28B
Spain 56 kt$0.04B

Top commodity chapters (HS2)

nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery etc.; parts 149 kt
vehicles, except railway or tramway, and parts etc 113 kt
plastics and articles thereof 73 kt
salt; sulfur; earth & stone; lime & cement plaster 50 kt
electric machinery etc; sound equip; tv equip; pts 49 kt

At the port right now

The live AIS layer has no fresh observations at the moment (upstream receiver-network outage — disclosed, not papered over). The Census record above is unaffected. Live board: /gateways.

Last 13 months · containerised import weight & value

998 499 2025-05: 843 kt2025-06: 826 kt2025-07: 956 kt2025-08: 969 kt2025-09: 885 kt2025-10: 871 kt2025-11: 755 kt2025-12: 892 kt2026-01: 788 kt2026-02: 715 kt2026-03: 998 kt2026-04: 950 kt2026-05: 929 kt 929 2025-052025-112026-05
Containerised imports at the Port of Charleston, kt/month. Source: US Census, mirrored.
2026-05 929 kt$4.85B
2026-04 950 kt$4.50B
2026-03 998 kt$5.21B
2026-02 715 kt$3.84B
2026-01 788 kt$4.23B
2025-12 892 kt$4.36B
2025-11 755 kt$4.23B
2025-10 871 kt$4.41B
2025-09 885 kt$5.05B
2025-08 969 kt$5.48B
2025-07 956 kt$4.76B
2025-06 826 kt$4.58B
2025-05 843 kt$4.87B

Cite this

In print: The Port of Charleston received 929 kt of containerised imports in May 2026, according to US Census Bureau records mirrored and archived by the Trimtab US Trade Ledger (retrieved 2026-08-06) — trimtabist.com/port-of-charleston-import-statistics
For the record: Trimtab Port Ledger · TT-008 · /series/tt008.us-gateways.import-weight.csv · retrieved 2026-08-06

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Method & machine-readable

Source: US Census Bureau port-level trade (port of unlading, verified — landlocked ports report zero vessel weight). Grand-total rows only for totals; DET country rows for the breakdown — the overlapping APEC/OECD groupings Census ships in the same response are excluded, or every figure would read ~3× too high. Census revises prior months; this mirror archives every restatement. Cross-checked against independent AIS observation of the same gateways (method).
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