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Oakland Seaport: Number of empty TEU containers exported and imported (TEU) - United States - Port of Oakland - Monthly

This series is part of the dataset: Oakland Port

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Latest updates. At the port of Oakland, one of the busiest of the West Coast, the number of empty containers exported and imported stood at 43,102 TEUs in September 2025, versus 47,592 in August 2025. This marks a decrease of 9.43 percent.

Sample. There are 333 data points in the monthly series displayed in the graph above. The series covers the time range stretching from January 1998 to September 2025.

History. Here’s a quick look at a few summary statistics calculated on the entire sample: container throughput had an average value of 44,239 TEUs; it reached its maximum of 73,362 in August 2006; it recorded a bottom of 26,068 in February 1998.

Latest values

Date Value - Twenty-foot equivalents (TEUs)
2025-07-31 45160.5
2025-08-31 47592.0
2025-09-30 43102.5

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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 Oakland
Source type Municipal corporation
Data licence Unknown
Other information Not available
FSR temporal aggregation code SM1