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

This series is part of the dataset: Oakland Port

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Latest updates. At the U.S. port of Oakland, one of the busiest of the West Coast, the number of empty containers exported was 27,413 TEUs in August 2026, compared to 28,321 in the previous month. This marks a decrease of 3.21 percent.

Sample. There are 344 observations in the monthly time series shown in the graph above. The period covered by the series extends from January 1998 to August 2026.

History. Here's a snapshot of a few simple statistics computed on the full sample: container throughput had an average value of 26,675 TEUs; it reached a maximum of 58,155 in August 2006; it hit a trough of 8,336 in February 1998.

Latest values

Date Value - Twenty-foot equivalents (TEUs)
2026-06-30 26,969.0
2026-07-31 28,321.0
2026-08-31 27,413.0

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Series Metadata

Field Value
Description Number of empty TEU containers 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 Oakland
Source type Municipal corporation
Data licence Unknown
Other information Not available
FSR temporal aggregation code SM1