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U.S. container imports from 10 Asian countries and regions amounted to 1.9 million TEUs in September, up 12.3% year on year, exceeding the 1.9-million-TEU mark for the first time since July 2025, according to statistics compiled by Descartes Datamyne from data provided by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). From the previous month, they increased 0.4%. In the first nine months (January-September), they totaled 15.64 million TEUs, up 2.1% year on year.
The total volume of containerized shipments the U.S. imported last month came to 2.54 million TEUs, up 9.7% year on year.
Imports from China accounted for 1.02 million TEUs in September, up 15.1% year on year, crossing the 900,000-TEU line for the fifth consecutive month and the one-million-TEU line for the first time since July 2025. Those from Vietnam numbered 286,409 TEUs, up 15.7%; from South Korea, 201,855 TEUs, up 22.3%; from India, 85,990 TEUs, up 1%; from Taiwan, 75,610 TEUs, up 14.2%; and from Thailand, 73,303 TEUs, up 13.6%. Containers from Japan finished in eighth place, jumping 36.4% to 35,689 TEUs.
By item, furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions, and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated nameplates and the like; and prefabricated buildings (HS Code 94) were up 2.9% year on year to 266,029 TEUs. Plastics and products thereof (HS Code 3) were up 18.9% to 215,374 TEUs. Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery, mechanical appliances, and parts thereof (HS Code 84) were up 12.6% to 187,592 TEUs. Electrical machinery and equipment, and parts thereof, including sound and video recorders and reproducers (HS Code 85) were up 8.1% to 163,222 TEUs. Toys, games, sports requisites, and parts and accessories thereof (HS Code 95) were up 4.1% to 125,649 TEUs.
