Los Angeles Seaport: Total number of TEU containers imported and exported (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 port of Los Angeles, one of the busiest of the West Coast, the total number of containers imported and exported was 1,002,734 TEUs in June 2026, compared to 840,164 in May. This represents an increase of 19.35 percent.
Sample. There are 378 data points overall in the monthly time series presented in the plot above. The time range covered by the series stretches from January 1995 to June 2026.
History. Check out some descriptive statistics we calculated on the full sample: container throughput hit a minimum of 186,319 TEUs in February 1996; it reached its maximum of 1,019,837 in July 2025; it had a mean value of 619,813.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Twenty-foot equivalents (TEUs) |
|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | 890861.0 |
| 2026-05-31 | 840164.5 |
| 2026-06-30 | 1002734.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Total number of TEU containers imported and 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 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 | 378 | 1995-01-31 | 2026-06-30 |
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 | 378 | 1995-01-31 | 2026-06-30 |
| Los Angeles Seaport: Number of full TEU containers exported (TEU) - United States - Port of Los Angeles - Monthly | 378 | 1995-01-31 | 2026-06-30 |
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 | 378 | 1995-01-31 | 2026-06-30 |
| Los Angeles Seaport: Number of empty TEU containers exported (TEU) - United States - Port of Los Angeles - Monthly | 378 | 1995-01-31 | 2026-06-30 |