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US imports from Germany — monthly data by port and commodity

In May 2026, the 8 major US container gateways received 469 kt of containerised imports from Germany, worth $3.74B (+17% by weight year-on-year), arriving mainly through Charleston. Against full-year 2018, Germany’s 2025 containerised volume through these gateways was -7% 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

Charleston 145 kt
New York & New Jersey 114 kt
Norfolk 89 kt
Houston 60 kt
Savannah 38 kt
Los Angeles & Long Beach 12 kt
Oakland 6 kt
Seattle & Tacoma 5 kt

What arrives in the boxes (top HS2 chapters)

vehicles, except railway or tramway, and parts etc 71 kt
nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery etc.; parts 65 kt
plastics and articles thereof 50 kt
electric machinery etc; sound equip; tv equip; pts 26 kt
organic chemicals 25 kt

Last 13 months

490 245 2025-05: 400 kt2025-06: 415 kt2025-07: 401 kt2025-08: 467 kt2025-09: 450 kt2025-10: 358 kt2025-11: 384 kt2025-12: 354 kt2026-01: 334 kt2026-02: 315 kt2026-03: 490 kt2026-04: 444 kt2026-05: 469 kt 469 2025-052025-112026-05
Containerised imports from Germany through the 8 US gateways, kt/month. Source: US Census, mirrored.
2026-05 469 kt$3.74B
2026-04 444 kt$3.38B
2026-03 490 kt$3.75B
2026-02 315 kt$2.48B
2026-01 334 kt$2.90B
2025-12 354 kt$3.13B
2025-11 384 kt$2.95B
2025-10 358 kt$2.92B
2025-09 450 kt$3.59B
2025-08 467 kt$3.58B
2025-07 401 kt$3.39B
2025-06 415 kt$3.38B
2025-05 400 kt$3.47B

Cite this

In print: US containerised imports from Germany through the eight major US container gateways were 469 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-germany
For the record: Trimtab Port Ledger · TT-008 · Census Schedule C 4280 · 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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