Los Angeles Seaport: Number of empty TEU containers imported (TEU) - United States - Port of Los Angeles - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Los Angeles Port
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. At the Californian port of Los Angeles, one of the busiest of the West Coast, the number of empty containers imported was 132 TEUs in May 2026, compared to 108 in the previous month. This constitutes an increase of 22.22 percent.
Sample. This monthly time series has 377 records. The period covered by the series is from January 1995 to May 2026.
History. Have a look at a few descriptive statistics computed on the entire sample: container throughput reached a maximum of 20,103 TEUs in August 2018; it reached a trough of 12 in December 2025; it had a mean of 8,074.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Twenty-foot equivalents (TEUs) |
|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | 60.0 |
| 2026-04-30 | 108.0 |
| 2026-05-31 | 131.75 |
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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 Los Angeles |
| Source type | Department of the City of Los Angeles |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Seaport: Total number of TEU containers imported and exported (TEU) - United States - Port of Los Angeles - Monthly | 377 | 1995-01-31 | 2026-05-31 |
Full containers
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Seaport: Number of full TEU containers imported (TEU) - United States - Port of Los Angeles - Monthly | 377 | 1995-01-31 | 2026-05-31 |
| Los Angeles Seaport: Number of full TEU containers exported (TEU) - United States - Port of Los Angeles - Monthly | 377 | 1995-01-31 | 2026-05-31 |
Empty containers
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Seaport: Number of empty TEU containers imported (TEU) - United States - Port of Los Angeles - Monthly | 377 | 1995-01-31 | 2026-05-31 |
| Los Angeles Seaport: Number of empty TEU containers exported (TEU) - United States - Port of Los Angeles - Monthly | 377 | 1995-01-31 | 2026-05-31 |