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# Long Beach container volume (TEU)

Monthly loaded imports, loaded exports and empties at the Port of Long Beach, in TEU

_Data through Jun 2026 · source last checked Sep 1, 2026 · page revised Aug 18, 2026_

> Loaded imports at Long Beach were 387,025 TEU in June 2026, up 11% year over year and up 17% versus the same month of 2019. Loaded imports are the import-demand read; empties are repositioned boxes. This is the latest month published, not the current week.

Loaded imports at Long Beach reached 387,025 TEU in June 2026, up 11% year over year and up 17% versus June 2019. Loaded exports fell to 86,446 TEU, down 1.3% year over year and down 35% versus 2019. Month-on-month, imports eased 7.6% and exports declined 20.8%, while empty containers hit 291,384 TEU, up 14.3% year over year.

## The numbers

| Stream | Latest (June 2026) | MoM | YoY | vs 2019 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Loaded imports | 387,025 TEU | -7.6% | +11.0% | +16.7% |
| Loaded exports | 86,446 TEU | -20.8% | -1.3% | -35.4% |
| Empty containers | 291,384 TEU | -2.2% | +14.3% | +41.8% |

## About Long Beach container volume (TEU)

This page tracks monthly container volume at the Port of Long Beach in TEU, twenty-foot equivalent units, split into loaded imports, loaded exports and empty containers. Loaded imports are the demand signal a US importer watches; empties are a tell about trade imbalance and equipment. The numbers are the port authority's own, re-published by BTS, and they land weeks after the month they cover, so a reading here is the latest month available rather than the current week.

## About this data

- Source: Port authority monthly container statistics, republished by BTS
- Series: Monthly loaded imports, loaded exports and empties
- Geography: Long Beach
- Unit: TEU
- Calculation period: Monthly
- Last observation: Jun 2026
- Update frequency: Monthly

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