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US imports from Taiwan — monthly data by port and commodity

In May 2026, the 8 major US container gateways received 344 kt of containerised imports from Taiwan, worth $2.36B (-14% by weight year-on-year), arriving mainly through Los Angeles & Long Beach. Against full-year 2018, Taiwan’s 2025 containerised volume through these gateways was +12% 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 169 kt
New York & New Jersey 36 kt
Houston 31 kt
Charleston 27 kt
Seattle & Tacoma 26 kt
Savannah 24 kt
Oakland 18 kt
Norfolk 12 kt

What arrives in the boxes (top HS2 chapters)

plastics and articles thereof 63 kt
articles of iron or steel 56 kt
nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery etc.; parts 36 kt
electric machinery etc; sound equip; tv equip; pts 24 kt
vehicles, except railway or tramway, and parts etc 18 kt

Last 13 months

433 216 2025-05: 398 kt2025-06: 433 kt2025-07: 430 kt2025-08: 368 kt2025-09: 343 kt2025-10: 328 kt2025-11: 304 kt2025-12: 340 kt2026-01: 374 kt2026-02: 328 kt2026-03: 371 kt2026-04: 353 kt2026-05: 344 kt 344 2025-052025-112026-05
Containerised imports from Taiwan through the 8 US gateways, kt/month. Source: US Census, mirrored.
2026-05 344 kt$2.36B
2026-04 353 kt$2.52B
2026-03 371 kt$2.53B
2026-02 328 kt$2.23B
2026-01 374 kt$2.50B
2025-12 340 kt$2.30B
2025-11 304 kt$2.13B
2025-10 328 kt$2.32B
2025-09 343 kt$2.34B
2025-08 368 kt$2.48B
2025-07 430 kt$2.85B
2025-06 433 kt$2.78B
2025-05 398 kt$2.46B

Cite this

In print: US containerised imports from Taiwan through the eight major US container gateways were 344 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-taiwan
For the record: Trimtab Port Ledger · TT-008 · Census Schedule C 5830 · 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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