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US imports from India — monthly data by port and commodity

In May 2026, the 8 major US container gateways received 965 kt of containerised imports from India, worth $3.79B (-6% by weight year-on-year), arriving mainly through New York & New Jersey. Against full-year 2018, India’s 2025 containerised volume through these gateways was +74% vs 2018. Counted by US customs; mirrored and revision-tracked by the Trimtab US Trade Ledger. Updated: 2026-08-06.

National context (all modes, all ports, TT-005 method): US goods imports from India in June 2026 were $8.9B — the gateway figures above are the containerised-seaport slice of that total.

Which US gateways receive it · May 2026

New York & New Jersey 333 kt
Savannah 179 kt
Houston 138 kt
Norfolk 138 kt
Los Angeles & Long Beach 73 kt
Charleston 62 kt
Seattle & Tacoma 22 kt
Oakland 19 kt

What arrives in the boxes (top HS2 chapters)

articles of iron or steel 100 kt
nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery etc.; parts 73 kt
art of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica etc. 73 kt
vehicles, except railway or tramway, and parts etc 49 kt
iron and steel 48 kt

Last 13 months

1.1k 536 2025-05: 1.0k kt2025-06: 947 kt2025-07: 1.1k kt2025-08: 1.0k kt2025-09: 1.1k kt2025-10: 775 kt2025-11: 710 kt2025-12: 725 kt2026-01: 879 kt2026-02: 739 kt2026-03: 887 kt2026-04: 782 kt2026-05: 965 kt 965 2025-052025-112026-05
Containerised imports from India through the 8 US gateways, kt/month. Source: US Census, mirrored.
2026-05 965 kt$3.79B
2026-04 782 kt$3.04B
2026-03 887 kt$3.26B
2026-02 739 kt$2.91B
2026-01 879 kt$3.55B
2025-12 725 kt$3.00B
2025-11 710 kt$2.92B
2025-10 775 kt$3.28B
2025-09 1,072 kt$4.05B
2025-08 1,046 kt$4.20B
2025-07 1,060 kt$4.26B
2025-06 947 kt$3.77B
2025-05 1,031 kt$4.31B

Cite this

In print: US containerised imports from India through the eight major US container gateways were 965 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-india
For the record: Trimtab Port Ledger · TT-008 · Census Schedule C 5330 · 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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