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US imports from Japan — monthly data by port and commodity

In May 2026, the 8 major US container gateways received 438 kt of containerised imports from Japan, worth $4.45B (+13% by weight year-on-year), arriving mainly through Los Angeles & Long Beach. Against full-year 2018, Japan’s 2025 containerised volume through these gateways was +1% 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 233 kt
Seattle & Tacoma 56 kt
Savannah 52 kt
New York & New Jersey 30 kt
Houston 21 kt
Norfolk 19 kt
Charleston 14 kt
Oakland 13 kt

What arrives in the boxes (top HS2 chapters)

nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery etc.; parts 153 kt
vehicles, except railway or tramway, and parts etc 51 kt
rubber and articles thereof 41 kt
electric machinery etc; sound equip; tv equip; pts 39 kt
plastics and articles thereof 34 kt

Last 13 months

522 261 2025-05: 388 kt2025-06: 339 kt2025-07: 412 kt2025-08: 392 kt2025-09: 331 kt2025-10: 401 kt2025-11: 349 kt2025-12: 346 kt2026-01: 379 kt2026-02: 314 kt2026-03: 444 kt2026-04: 522 kt2026-05: 438 kt 438 2025-052025-112026-05
Containerised imports from Japan through the 8 US gateways, kt/month. Source: US Census, mirrored.
2026-05 438 kt$4.45B
2026-04 522 kt$4.75B
2026-03 444 kt$4.74B
2026-02 314 kt$3.64B
2026-01 379 kt$4.29B
2025-12 346 kt$4.01B
2025-11 349 kt$4.21B
2025-10 401 kt$4.54B
2025-09 331 kt$3.89B
2025-08 392 kt$4.71B
2025-07 412 kt$5.13B
2025-06 339 kt$4.32B
2025-05 388 kt$4.78B

Cite this

In print: US containerised imports from Japan through the eight major US container gateways were 438 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-japan
For the record: Trimtab Port Ledger · TT-008 · Census Schedule C 5880 · 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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