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 stood at 302,044 TEUs in February 2026, compared to 338,470 in January. This represents a decrease of 10.76 percent.
Sample. There are 464 records in the monthly time series displayed in the figure above. The series covers the period stretching from July 1987 to February 2026.
History. Here's a peek at some descriptive statistics we computed on the whole sample: container throughput registered a minimum of 14,527 TEUs in March 1991; it reached a maximum of 386,782 in October 2024; it averaged 132,283.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Twenty-foot equivalents (TEUs) |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 339522.0 |
| 2026-01-31 | 338470.0 |
| 2026-02-28 | 302044.0 |
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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 | 464 | 1987-07-31 | 2026-02-28 |
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 | 464 | 1987-07-31 | 2026-02-28 |
| Long Beach Seaport: Number of full TEU containers exported (TEU) - United States - Port of Long Beach - Monthly | 464 | 1987-07-31 | 2026-02-28 |
| Long Beach Seaport: Number of full TEU containers exported and imported (TEU) - United States - Port of Long Beach - Monthly | 464 | 1987-07-31 | 2026-02-28 |
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 | 353 | 1996-10-31 | 2026-02-28 |
| Long Beach Seaport: Number of empty TEU containers exported (TEU) - United States - Port of Long Beach - Monthly | 353 | 1996-10-31 | 2026-02-28 |
| Long Beach Seaport: Number of empty TEU containers exported and imported (TEU) - United States - Port of Long Beach - Monthly | 464 | 1987-07-31 | 2026-02-28 |