Long Beach Seaport: Number of empty TEU containers 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 imported was 17,375 TEUs in August 2026, compared to 14,399 in July. This constitutes an increase of 20.67 percent.
Sample. There are 359 observations in the monthly series shown in the chart above. The time period covered by the series extends from October 1996 to August 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few statistics we computed on the whole sample: container throughput averaged 8,903 TEUs; it hit a peak of 18,448 in September 2023; it hit a minimum of 1,137 in October 2002.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Twenty-foot equivalents (TEUs) |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 14476.0 |
| 2026-07-31 | 14399.0 |
| 2026-08-31 | 17375.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Number of empty TEU containers 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 |