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# New York/New Jersey container volume (TEU)

Monthly loaded imports, loaded exports and empties at the Port of New York/New Jersey, in TEU

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

> Loaded imports at New York/New Jersey were 388,842 TEU in June 2026, up 12% year over year and up 29% 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 New York/New Jersey totaled 388,842 TEU in June 2026, up 12 percent year over year and up 29 percent versus June 2019. Empty containers arrived at 263,537 TEU, up 21 percent year over year and 42 percent versus 2019. Loaded exports fell to 114,174 TEU, down 5 percent year over year. This is the latest month published, not the current week.

## The numbers

| Stream | Latest (June 2026) | MoM | YoY | vs 2019 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Loaded imports | 388,842 TEU | -3.0% | +12.0% | +28.9% |
| Loaded exports | 114,174 TEU | -6.3% | -5.0% | -6.9% |
| Empty containers | 263,537 TEU | -1.2% | +20.5% | +42.4% |

## About New York/New Jersey container volume (TEU)

This page tracks monthly container volume at the Port of New York/New Jersey 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: New York/New Jersey
- Unit: TEU
- Calculation period: Monthly
- Last observation: Jun 2026
- Update frequency: Monthly

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