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

In May 2026, the Port of Norfolk received 1,124 kt of containerised imports worth $5.95B (+12% by weight vs May 2025), led by India at 138 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

India 138 kt$0.56B
China 131 kt$0.48B
Vietnam 92 kt$0.39B
Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) 89 kt$0.76B
Italy 61 kt$0.48B

Top commodity chapters (HS2)

nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery etc.; parts 112 kt
plastics and articles thereof 88 kt
furnit;bedding,mattres;luminaires,light fix;prefab 67 kt
electric machinery etc; sound equip; tv equip; pts 58 kt
articles of iron or steel 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

1.1k 562 2025-05: 1.0k kt2025-06: 872 kt2025-07: 1.0k kt2025-08: 1.0k kt2025-09: 923 kt2025-10: 896 kt2025-11: 864 kt2025-12: 960 kt2026-01: 1.1k kt2026-02: 807 kt2026-03: 1.1k kt2026-04: 944 kt2026-05: 1.1k kt 1.1k 2025-052025-112026-05
Containerised imports at the Port of Norfolk, kt/month. Source: US Census, mirrored.
2026-05 1,124 kt$5.95B
2026-04 944 kt$5.16B
2026-03 1,113 kt$5.87B
2026-02 807 kt$4.41B
2026-01 1,077 kt$5.31B
2025-12 960 kt$5.36B
2025-11 864 kt$4.66B
2025-10 896 kt$4.91B
2025-09 923 kt$5.43B
2025-08 1,013 kt$5.55B
2025-07 1,047 kt$5.65B
2025-06 872 kt$5.08B
2025-05 1,003 kt$5.78B

Cite this

In print: The Port of Norfolk received 1,124 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-norfolk-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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