Long Beach Seaport: Number of empty TEU containers exported and imported (TEU) - United States - Port of Long Beach - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Long Beach Port
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. At the port of Long Beach, one of the busiest of the West Coast, the number of empty containers exported and imported was 364,138 TEUs in August 2026, compared to 356,205 in July 2026. This constitutes a gain of 2.23 percent.
Sample. There are 470 observations in the monthly time series presented in the chart above. The time period covered by the series extends from July 1987 to August 2026.
History. Here are some statistics we computed on the entire sample: container throughput reached its maximum of 386,782 TEUs in October 2024; it recorded a bottom of 14,527 in March 1991; it had a mean of 134,734.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Twenty-foot equivalents (TEUs) |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 305860.0 |
| 2026-07-31 | 356205.0 |
| 2026-08-31 | 364138.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Number of empty TEU containers exported and imported |
| Country | California, United States |
| Economic concept | Flow |
| Data type | Quantity |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | Twenty-foot equivalents (TEUs) |
| Source | Port of Long Beach |
| Source type | Public agency |
| Data licence | Unknown |
| Other information | Not available |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | SM1 |
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Total throughput
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Beach Seaport: Total number of TEU containers imported and exported (TEU) - United States - Port of Long Beach - Monthly | 470 | 1987-07-31 | 2026-08-31 |
Full containers
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Beach Seaport: Number of full TEU containers imported (TEU) - United States - Port of Long Beach - Monthly | 470 | 1987-07-31 | 2026-08-31 |
| Long Beach Seaport: Number of full TEU containers exported (TEU) - United States - Port of Long Beach - Monthly | 470 | 1987-07-31 | 2026-08-31 |
| Long Beach Seaport: Number of full TEU containers exported and imported (TEU) - United States - Port of Long Beach - Monthly | 470 | 1987-07-31 | 2026-08-31 |
Empty containers
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Beach Seaport: Number of empty TEU containers imported (TEU) - United States - Port of Long Beach - Monthly | 359 | 1996-10-31 | 2026-08-31 |
| Long Beach Seaport: Number of empty TEU containers exported (TEU) - United States - Port of Long Beach - Monthly | 359 | 1996-10-31 | 2026-08-31 |
| Long Beach Seaport: Number of empty TEU containers exported and imported (TEU) - United States - Port of Long Beach - Monthly | 470 | 1987-07-31 | 2026-08-31 |