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US imports from Thailand — monthly data by port and commodity

In May 2026, the 8 major US container gateways received 758 kt of containerised imports from Thailand, worth $3.48B (+17% by weight year-on-year), arriving mainly through Los Angeles & Long Beach. Against full-year 2018, Thailand’s 2025 containerised volume through these gateways was 2.0× the 2018 level. 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 301 kt
New York & New Jersey 122 kt
Savannah 109 kt
Houston 72 kt
Charleston 44 kt
Seattle & Tacoma 42 kt
Norfolk 39 kt
Oakland 30 kt

What arrives in the boxes (top HS2 chapters)

nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery etc.; parts 113 kt
rubber and articles thereof 99 kt
plastics and articles thereof 69 kt
cereals 54 kt
articles of iron or steel 50 kt

Last 13 months

906 453 2025-05: 649 kt2025-06: 682 kt2025-07: 774 kt2025-08: 721 kt2025-09: 744 kt2025-10: 617 kt2025-11: 652 kt2025-12: 733 kt2026-01: 801 kt2026-02: 634 kt2026-03: 783 kt2026-04: 906 kt2026-05: 758 kt 758 2025-052025-112026-05
Containerised imports from Thailand through the 8 US gateways, kt/month. Source: US Census, mirrored.
2026-05 758 kt$3.48B
2026-04 906 kt$4.11B
2026-03 783 kt$3.63B
2026-02 634 kt$2.78B
2026-01 801 kt$3.61B
2025-12 733 kt$3.17B
2025-11 652 kt$3.11B
2025-10 617 kt$3.02B
2025-09 744 kt$3.38B
2025-08 721 kt$3.36B
2025-07 774 kt$3.43B
2025-06 682 kt$3.07B
2025-05 649 kt$2.89B

Cite this

In print: US containerised imports from Thailand through the eight major US container gateways were 758 kt in May 2026, 2.0 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-thailand
For the record: Trimtab Port Ledger · TT-008 · Census Schedule C 5490 · 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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