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US imports from Brazil — monthly data by port and commodity

In May 2026, the 8 major US container gateways received 313 kt of containerised imports from Brazil, worth $0.84B (-31% by weight year-on-year), arriving mainly through New York & New Jersey. Against full-year 2018, Brazil’s 2025 containerised volume through these gateways was -5% 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 91 kt
Houston 85 kt
Savannah 37 kt
Charleston 33 kt
Norfolk 30 kt
Los Angeles & Long Beach 29 kt
Seattle & Tacoma 5 kt
Oakland 5 kt

What arrives in the boxes (top HS2 chapters)

wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 71 kt
art of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica etc. 54 kt
meat and edible meat offal 23 kt
paper & paperboard & articles (inc papr pulp artl) 16 kt
coffee, tea, mate & spices 15 kt

Last 13 months

456 228 2025-05: 456 kt2025-06: 373 kt2025-07: 346 kt2025-08: 299 kt2025-09: 212 kt2025-10: 221 kt2025-11: 228 kt2025-12: 224 kt2026-01: 260 kt2026-02: 200 kt2026-03: 218 kt2026-04: 261 kt2026-05: 313 kt 313 2025-052025-112026-05
Containerised imports from Brazil through the 8 US gateways, kt/month. Source: US Census, mirrored.
2026-05 313 kt$0.84B
2026-04 261 kt$0.80B
2026-03 218 kt$0.72B
2026-02 200 kt$0.59B
2026-01 260 kt$0.68B
2025-12 224 kt$0.65B
2025-11 228 kt$0.51B
2025-10 221 kt$0.61B
2025-09 212 kt$0.60B
2025-08 299 kt$0.76B
2025-07 346 kt$0.91B
2025-06 373 kt$0.97B
2025-05 456 kt$1.22B

Cite this

In print: US containerised imports from Brazil through the eight major US container gateways were 313 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-brazil
For the record: Trimtab Port Ledger · TT-008 · Census Schedule C 3510 · 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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