Long Beach Seaport: Number of empty TEU containers exported (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 stood at 325,506 TEUs in December 2025, compared to 289,812 in November. This constitutes a gain of 12.32 percent.
Sample. There are 351 observations overall in the monthly series displayed in the plot above. The series covers the span of time stretching from October 1996 to December 2025.
History. Have a look at some descriptive statistics we computed on the entire sample: container throughput hit a trough of 27,432 TEUs in February 1997; it reached a maximum of 372,136 in October 2024; it had a mean of 154,373.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Twenty-foot equivalents (TEUs) |
|---|---|
| 2025-10-31 | 322615.0 |
| 2025-11-30 | 289812.0 |
| 2025-12-31 | 325506.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Number of empty TEU containers exported |
| 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 |