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US imports from Australia — monthly data by port and commodity

In May 2026, the 8 major US container gateways received 63 kt of containerised imports from Australia, worth $0.39B (-19% by weight year-on-year), arriving mainly through Los Angeles & Long Beach. Against full-year 2018, Australia’s 2025 containerised volume through these gateways was -11% 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

Los Angeles & Long Beach 24 kt
Houston 12 kt
Oakland 8 kt
Charleston 5 kt
Seattle & Tacoma 5 kt
Norfolk 4 kt
Savannah 3 kt
New York & New Jersey 3 kt

What arrives in the boxes (top HS2 chapters)

meat and edible meat offal 17 kt
milling products; malt; starch; inulin; wht gluten 6 kt
paper & paperboard & articles (inc papr pulp artl) 5 kt
salt; sulfur; earth & stone; lime & cement plaster 4 kt
aluminum and articles thereof 4 kt

Last 13 months

78 39 2025-05: 78 kt2025-06: 68 kt2025-07: 77 kt2025-08: 69 kt2025-09: 78 kt2025-10: 76 kt2025-11: 63 kt2025-12: 57 kt2026-01: 69 kt2026-02: 47 kt2026-03: 58 kt2026-04: 62 kt2026-05: 63 kt 63 2025-052025-112026-05
Containerised imports from Australia through the 8 US gateways, kt/month. Source: US Census, mirrored.
2026-05 63 kt$0.39B
2026-04 62 kt$0.37B
2026-03 58 kt$0.43B
2026-02 47 kt$0.35B
2026-01 69 kt$0.40B
2025-12 57 kt$0.38B
2025-11 63 kt$0.42B
2025-10 76 kt$0.52B
2025-09 78 kt$0.50B
2025-08 69 kt$0.42B
2025-07 77 kt$0.55B
2025-06 68 kt$0.38B
2025-05 78 kt$0.38B

Cite this

In print: US containerised imports from Australia through the eight major US container gateways were 63 kt in May 2026, according to US Census Bureau port-level records mirrored and archived by the Trimtab US Trade Ledger (retrieved 2026-08-06) — trimtabist.com/us-imports-from-australia
For the record: Trimtab Port Ledger · TT-008 · Census Schedule C 6021 · retrieved 2026-08-06

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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
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