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 Californian port of Long Beach, one of the busiest of the West Coast, the number of empty containers exported and imported stood at 339,522 TEUs in December 2025, versus 306,934 in November. This constitutes a gain of 10.62 percent.
Sample. The monthly time series plotted above has 462 records in total. The series covers the time span going from July 1987 to December 2025.
History. Here’s a quick look at some summary statistics computed on the whole sample: container throughput averaged 131,470 TEUs; it recorded a minimum of 14,527 in March 1991; it peaked at 386,782 in October 2024.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Twenty-foot equivalents (TEUs) |
|---|---|
| 2025-10-31 | 337940.0 |
| 2025-11-30 | 306934.0 |
| 2025-12-31 | 339522.0 |
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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 | 462 | 1987-07-31 | 2025-12-31 |
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 | 462 | 1987-07-31 | 2025-12-31 |
| Long Beach Seaport: Number of full TEU containers exported (TEU) - United States - Port of Long Beach - Monthly | 462 | 1987-07-31 | 2025-12-31 |
| Long Beach Seaport: Number of full TEU containers exported and imported (TEU) - United States - Port of Long Beach - Monthly | 462 | 1987-07-31 | 2025-12-31 |
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 | 351 | 1996-10-31 | 2025-12-31 |
| Long Beach Seaport: Number of empty TEU containers exported (TEU) - United States - Port of Long Beach - Monthly | 351 | 1996-10-31 | 2025-12-31 |
| Long Beach Seaport: Number of empty TEU containers exported and imported (TEU) - United States - Port of Long Beach - Monthly | 462 | 1987-07-31 | 2025-12-31 |