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US imports from Pakistan — monthly data by port and commodity

In May 2026, the 8 major US container gateways received 115 kt of containerised imports from Pakistan, worth $0.37B (-13% by weight year-on-year), arriving mainly through New York & New Jersey. Against full-year 2018, Pakistan’s 2025 containerised volume through these gateways was 2.2× the 2018 level. 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 Pakistan in June 2026 were $0.5B — the gateway figures above are the containerised-seaport slice of that total.

Which US gateways receive it · May 2026

Savannah 15 kt
Norfolk 11 kt
Houston 8 kt
Oakland 3 kt

What arrives in the boxes (top HS2 chapters)

salt; sulfur; earth & stone; lime & cement plaster 33 kt
textile art nesoi; needlecraft sets; worn text art 32 kt
apparel articles and accessories, knit or crochet 11 kt
apparel articles and accessories, not knit etc. 6 kt
sugars and sugar confectionary 5 kt

Last 13 months

150 75 2025-05: 131 kt2025-06: 81 kt2025-07: 108 kt2025-08: 150 kt2025-09: 145 kt2025-10: 113 kt2025-11: 143 kt2025-12: 126 kt2026-01: 137 kt2026-02: 99 kt2026-03: 101 kt2026-04: 101 kt2026-05: 115 kt 115 2025-052025-112026-05
Containerised imports from Pakistan through the 8 US gateways, kt/month. Source: US Census, mirrored.
2026-05 115 kt$0.37B
2026-04 101 kt$0.32B
2026-03 101 kt$0.38B
2026-02 99 kt$0.34B
2026-01 137 kt$0.37B
2025-12 126 kt$0.37B
2025-11 143 kt$0.39B
2025-10 113 kt$0.42B
2025-09 145 kt$0.47B
2025-08 150 kt$0.43B
2025-07 108 kt$0.43B
2025-06 81 kt$0.31B
2025-05 131 kt$0.42B

Cite this

In print: US containerised imports from Pakistan through the eight major US container gateways were 115 kt in May 2026, 2.2 times their 2018 level on a full-year basis, 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-pakistan
For the record: Trimtab Port Ledger · TT-008 · Census Schedule C 5350 · 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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