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US imports from Malaysia — monthly data by port and commodity

In May 2026, the 8 major US container gateways received 309 kt of containerised imports from Malaysia, worth $1.35B (-1% by weight year-on-year), arriving mainly through Los Angeles & Long Beach. Against full-year 2018, Malaysia’s 2025 containerised volume through these gateways was +97% 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 97 kt
New York & New Jersey 64 kt
Savannah 39 kt
Houston 32 kt
Norfolk 25 kt
Charleston 24 kt
Oakland 15 kt
Seattle & Tacoma 14 kt

What arrives in the boxes (top HS2 chapters)

furnit;bedding,mattres;luminaires,light fix;prefab 44 kt
glass and glassware 41 kt
electric machinery etc; sound equip; tv equip; pts 33 kt
rubber and articles thereof 29 kt
articles of iron or steel 25 kt

Last 13 months

375 188 2025-05: 312 kt2025-06: 365 kt2025-07: 375 kt2025-08: 335 kt2025-09: 331 kt2025-10: 320 kt2025-11: 310 kt2025-12: 352 kt2026-01: 338 kt2026-02: 283 kt2026-03: 353 kt2026-04: 334 kt2026-05: 309 kt 309 2025-052025-112026-05
Containerised imports from Malaysia through the 8 US gateways, kt/month. Source: US Census, mirrored.
2026-05 309 kt$1.35B
2026-04 334 kt$1.43B
2026-03 353 kt$1.52B
2026-02 283 kt$1.24B
2026-01 338 kt$1.47B
2025-12 352 kt$1.47B
2025-11 310 kt$1.41B
2025-10 320 kt$1.41B
2025-09 331 kt$1.62B
2025-08 335 kt$1.54B
2025-07 375 kt$1.59B
2025-06 365 kt$1.68B
2025-05 312 kt$1.44B

Cite this

In print: US containerised imports from Malaysia through the eight major US container gateways were 309 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-malaysia
For the record: Trimtab Port Ledger · TT-008 · Census Schedule C 5570 · 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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