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US imports from South Korea — monthly data by port and commodity

In May 2026, the 8 major US container gateways received 620 kt of containerised imports from South Korea, worth $3.49B (-2% by weight year-on-year), arriving mainly through Los Angeles & Long Beach. Against full-year 2018, South Korea’s 2025 containerised volume through these gateways was +41% 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 222 kt
Savannah 123 kt
Houston 73 kt
New York & New Jersey 65 kt
Seattle & Tacoma 60 kt
Charleston 37 kt
Norfolk 25 kt
Oakland 15 kt

What arrives in the boxes (top HS2 chapters)

plastics and articles thereof 93 kt
nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery etc.; parts 75 kt
vehicles, except railway or tramway, and parts etc 65 kt
electric machinery etc; sound equip; tv equip; pts 64 kt
aluminum and articles thereof 42 kt

Last 13 months

649 324 2025-05: 634 kt2025-06: 588 kt2025-07: 649 kt2025-08: 576 kt2025-09: 532 kt2025-10: 539 kt2025-11: 466 kt2025-12: 580 kt2026-01: 559 kt2026-02: 506 kt2026-03: 618 kt2026-04: 637 kt2026-05: 620 kt 620 2025-052025-112026-05
Containerised imports from South Korea through the 8 US gateways, kt/month. Source: US Census, mirrored.
2026-05 620 kt$3.49B
2026-04 637 kt$3.65B
2026-03 618 kt$3.51B
2026-02 506 kt$2.75B
2026-01 559 kt$3.30B
2025-12 580 kt$3.25B
2025-11 466 kt$2.63B
2025-10 539 kt$3.07B
2025-09 532 kt$3.17B
2025-08 576 kt$3.51B
2025-07 649 kt$4.13B
2025-06 588 kt$3.67B
2025-05 634 kt$4.06B

Cite this

In print: US containerised imports from South Korea through the eight major US container gateways were 620 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-south-korea
For the record: Trimtab Port Ledger · TT-008 · Census Schedule C 5800 · 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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