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 stood at 890,861 TEUs in April 2026, compared to 752,520 in the previous month. This constitutes a gain of 18.38 percent.
Sample. In the monthly time series shown in the figure, there are 376 records in total. The span of time covered by the series extends from January 1995 to April 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of some statistics we calculated on the entire sample: container throughput recorded a minimum of 186,319 TEUs in February 1996; it attained a maximum of 1,019,837 in July 2025; it had a mean of 618,209.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Twenty-foot equivalents (TEUs) |
|---|---|
| 2026-02-28 | 824323.25 |
| 2026-03-31 | 752519.5 |
| 2026-04-30 | 890861.0 |
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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 | 376 | 1995-01-31 | 2026-04-30 |
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 | 376 | 1995-01-31 | 2026-04-30 |
| Los Angeles Seaport: Number of full TEU containers exported (TEU) - United States - Port of Los Angeles - Monthly | 376 | 1995-01-31 | 2026-04-30 |
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 | 376 | 1995-01-31 | 2026-04-30 |
| Los Angeles Seaport: Number of empty TEU containers exported (TEU) - United States - Port of Los Angeles - Monthly | 376 | 1995-01-31 | 2026-04-30 |