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

US imports from Belgium — monthly data by port and commodity

In May 2026, the 8 major US container gateways received 72 kt of containerised imports from Belgium, worth $0.66B (-8% by weight year-on-year), arriving mainly through New York & New Jersey. Against full-year 2018, Belgium’s 2025 containerised volume through these gateways was -23% 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

New York & New Jersey 18 kt
Charleston 15 kt
Norfolk 13 kt
Houston 12 kt
Savannah 8 kt
Los Angeles & Long Beach 4 kt
Oakland 1 kt
Seattle & Tacoma 1 kt

What arrives in the boxes (top HS2 chapters)

prep vegetables, fruit, nuts or other plant parts 13 kt
organic chemicals 9 kt
edible vegetables & certain roots & tubers 5 kt
plastics and articles thereof 5 kt
miscellaneous chemical products 4 kt

Last 13 months

81 40 2025-05: 78 kt2025-06: 73 kt2025-07: 74 kt2025-08: 75 kt2025-09: 57 kt2025-10: 61 kt2025-11: 60 kt2025-12: 63 kt2026-01: 62 kt2026-02: 59 kt2026-03: 81 kt2026-04: 59 kt2026-05: 72 kt 72 2025-052025-112026-05
Containerised imports from Belgium through the 8 US gateways, kt/month. Source: US Census, mirrored.
2026-05 72 kt$0.66B
2026-04 59 kt$0.59B
2026-03 81 kt$1.16B
2026-02 59 kt$0.41B
2026-01 62 kt$0.71B
2025-12 63 kt$0.30B
2025-11 60 kt$0.48B
2025-10 61 kt$0.74B
2025-09 57 kt$0.68B
2025-08 75 kt$0.63B
2025-07 74 kt$0.40B
2025-06 73 kt$0.53B
2025-05 78 kt$0.68B

Cite this

In print: US containerised imports from Belgium through the eight major US container gateways were 72 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-belgium
For the record: Trimtab Port Ledger · TT-008 · Census Schedule C 4231 · retrieved 2026-08-06

This address is permanent. If a figure on this page is revised or corrected, the change is printed here with its size.

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