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US imports from United Arab Emirates — monthly data by port and commodity

In May 2026, the 8 major US container gateways received 16 kt of containerised imports from United Arab Emirates, worth $0.07B (-81% by weight year-on-year), arriving mainly through New York & New Jersey. Against full-year 2018, United Arab Emirates’s 2025 containerised volume through these gateways was +42% 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

New York & New Jersey 4 kt
Houston 4 kt
Savannah 2 kt
Charleston 2 kt
Oakland 1 kt
Norfolk 1 kt
Seattle & Tacoma 1 kt
Los Angeles & Long Beach 1 kt

What arrives in the boxes (top HS2 chapters)

articles of iron or steel 2 kt
aluminum and articles thereof 1 kt
impregnated etc text fabrics; tex art for industry 1 kt
essential oils etc; perfumery, cosmetic etc preps 1 kt
electric machinery etc; sound equip; tv equip; pts 1 kt

Last 13 months

112 56 2025-05: 87 kt2025-06: 85 kt2025-07: 96 kt2025-08: 90 kt2025-09: 90 kt2025-10: 88 kt2025-11: 90 kt2025-12: 99 kt2026-01: 102 kt2026-02: 86 kt2026-03: 112 kt2026-04: 55 kt2026-05: 16 kt 16 2025-052025-112026-05
Containerised imports from United Arab Emirates through the 8 US gateways, kt/month. Source: US Census, mirrored.
2026-05 16 kt$0.07B
2026-04 55 kt$0.14B
2026-03 112 kt$0.31B
2026-02 86 kt$0.23B
2026-01 102 kt$0.28B
2025-12 99 kt$0.26B
2025-11 90 kt$0.26B
2025-10 88 kt$0.26B
2025-09 90 kt$0.26B
2025-08 90 kt$0.25B
2025-07 96 kt$0.26B
2025-06 85 kt$0.23B
2025-05 87 kt$0.26B

Cite this

In print: US containerised imports from United Arab Emirates through the eight major US container gateways were 16 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-united-arab-emirates
For the record: Trimtab Port Ledger · TT-008 · Census Schedule C 5200 · 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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