Containerized import volume (annual)

STO-REC-STAT01M2KJT2 National
25.7 millionTEU
forecast

United States · 2026

NRF projects containerized import volume in United States (annual) at 25.7 million TEU in 2026.

Original source
Publisher
NRF
Authority tier
T2 National
Locator
Import Cargo’s Peak Season Not Over Yet
Retrieved
15 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

Those numbers would bring 2026 to a total of 25.7 million TEU, up 1% from last year’s 25.4 million TEU.

Verbatim extraction verified: The figure 25.7 million TEU is directly attested in the quoted passage (Import Cargo’s Peak Season Not Over Yet).

The figure above was extracted from this passage. If it does not match, the extraction is wrong and we want to know.

Other sources disagree

1 record reports a different value for this same indicator, region and period. We keep both rather than choosing or averaging. The disagreement is itself information.

ValueDivergenceSource organisationDocumentLocatorDetails
25.5 million TEU-0.8%NRFImport Cargo’s Early Peak Season is Winding DownPress ReleaseOpen record

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APA
National Retail Federation. (2026). Import Cargo’s Peak Season Not Over Yet. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://nrf.com/media-center/press-releases/import-cargo-s-peak-season-not-over-yet. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC54ZQ6X7RPPHCS3BRF
MLA
National Retail Federation. "Import Cargo’s Peak Season Not Over Yet." 2026, https://nrf.com/media-center/press-releases/import-cargo-s-peak-season-not-over-yet. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC54ZQ6X7RPPHCS3BRF.
Chicago
National Retail Federation. "Import Cargo’s Peak Season Not Over Yet." 2026. https://nrf.com/media-center/press-releases/import-cargo-s-peak-season-not-over-yet. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC54ZQ6X7RPPHCS3BRF.
BibTeX
@misc{nrf2026containerizedcs3brf, author = {{National Retail Federation}}, title = {Import Cargo’s Peak Season Not Over Yet}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC54ZQ6X7RPPHCS3BRF}, note = {Original source: https://nrf.com/media-center/press-releases/import-cargo-s-peak-season-not-over-yet. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }

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Record: STO-REC-STAT01M2KJ T2 National

Primary Source

Publisher
National Retail Federation · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 2 · National Official
Report
Import Cargo’s Peak Season Not Over Yet
Type
Press release
Published
Locator
Import Cargo’s Peak Season Not Over Yet
Retrieved
15 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
See source

Verification & Integrity

Audit status
Verified
Review protocol
Editorial review
Checked on
15 September 2026
Last revision
15 September 2026
Archival URI
/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC54ZQ6X7RPPHCS3BRF