Oakland Seaport: Number of empty TEU containers imported (TEU) - United States - Port of Oakland - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Oakland Port
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. At the port of Oakland, one of the busiest of the West Coast, the number of empty containers imported stood at 12,398 TEUs in November 2025, compared to 14,035 in October 2025. This represents a reduction of 11.66 percent.
Sample. There are 335 observations in the monthly series displayed in the plot above. The time range covered by the series extends from January 1998 to November 2025.
History. Check out some descriptive statistics we calculated on the whole sample: container throughput recorded a bottom of 9,124 TEUs in October 2021; it attained a maximum of 30,819 in March 2011; it had a mean value of 17,493.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Twenty-foot equivalents (TEUs) |
|---|---|
| 2025-09-30 | 11229.25 |
| 2025-10-31 | 14035.0 |
| 2025-11-30 | 12397.5 |
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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 Oakland |
| Source type | Municipal corporation |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Seaport: Total number of TEU containers imported and exported (TEU) - United States - Port of Oakland - Monthly | 335 | 1998-01-31 | 2025-11-30 |
Full containers
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Seaport: Number of full TEU containers imported (TEU) - United States - Port of Oakland - Monthly | 335 | 1998-01-31 | 2025-11-30 |
| Oakland Seaport: Number of full TEU containers exported (TEU) - United States - Port of Oakland - Monthly | 335 | 1998-01-31 | 2025-11-30 |
| Oakland Seaport: Number of full TEU containers exported and imported (TEU) - United States - Port of Oakland - Monthly | 335 | 1998-01-31 | 2025-11-30 |
Empty containers
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Seaport: Number of empty TEU containers imported (TEU) - United States - Port of Oakland - Monthly | 335 | 1998-01-31 | 2025-11-30 |
| Oakland Seaport: Number of empty TEU containers exported (TEU) - United States - Port of Oakland - Monthly | 335 | 1998-01-31 | 2025-11-30 |
| Oakland Seaport: Number of empty TEU containers exported and imported (TEU) - United States - Port of Oakland - Monthly | 335 | 1998-01-31 | 2025-11-30 |