Long Beach Seaport: Number of empty TEU containers exported and 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 exported and imported was 339,522 TEUs in December 2025, versus 306,934 in November. This represents a gain of 10.62 percent.
Sample. The monthly time series presented in the chart has a total of 462 data points. The time span covered by the series extends from July 1987 to December 2025.
History. Have a look at a few descriptive statistics we computed on the entire sample: container throughput hit a peak of 386,782 TEUs in October 2024; it reached a minimum of 14,527 in March 1991; it was equal on average to 131,470.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Twenty-foot equivalents (TEUs) |
|---|---|
| 2025-10-31 | 337940.0 |
| 2025-11-30 | 306934.0 |
| 2025-12-31 | 339522.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Number of empty TEU containers exported and 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 | 462 | 1987-07-31 | 2025-12-31 |
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 | 462 | 1987-07-31 | 2025-12-31 |
| Long Beach Seaport: Number of full TEU containers exported (TEU) - United States - Port of Long Beach - Monthly | 462 | 1987-07-31 | 2025-12-31 |
| Long Beach Seaport: Number of full TEU containers exported and imported (TEU) - United States - Port of Long Beach - Monthly | 462 | 1987-07-31 | 2025-12-31 |
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 | 351 | 1996-10-31 | 2025-12-31 |
| Long Beach Seaport: Number of empty TEU containers exported (TEU) - United States - Port of Long Beach - Monthly | 351 | 1996-10-31 | 2025-12-31 |
| Long Beach Seaport: Number of empty TEU containers exported and imported (TEU) - United States - Port of Long Beach - Monthly | 462 | 1987-07-31 | 2025-12-31 |