Containerized import volume, year-on-year growth
United States · September 2026
NRF projects containerized import volume, year-on-year growth in United States at 2.8% in September 2026.
- Publisher
- NRF
- Authority tier
- T2 National
- Locator
- Press Release
- Retrieved
- 15 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
September is forecast at 2.16 million TEU, up 2.8% year over year; October at 2.13 million TEU, up 2.7% year over year; November at 2.03 million TEU, up 0.3%, and December should pick up slightly at 2.06 million TEU, up 2.5% over last year.
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| Value | Divergence | Source organisation | Document | Locator | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.6% | +6.8 pp | NRF | Import Cargo’s Peak Season Not Over Yet | Import Cargo’s Peak Season Not Over Yet | Open record |
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- APA
- National Retail Federation. (2026). Import Cargo’s Early Peak Season is Winding Down. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://nrf.com/media-center/press-releases/import-cargo-s-early-peak-season-is-winding-down. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC6XXFMVD6A48BSM5DN
- MLA
- National Retail Federation. "Import Cargo’s Early Peak Season is Winding Down." 2026, https://nrf.com/media-center/press-releases/import-cargo-s-early-peak-season-is-winding-down. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC6XXFMVD6A48BSM5DN.
- Chicago
- National Retail Federation. "Import Cargo’s Early Peak Season is Winding Down." 2026. https://nrf.com/media-center/press-releases/import-cargo-s-early-peak-season-is-winding-down. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC6XXFMVD6A48BSM5DN.
- BibTeX
- @misc{nrf2026containerizedbsm5dn, author = {{National Retail Federation}}, title = {Import Cargo’s Early Peak Season is Winding Down}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC6XXFMVD6A48BSM5DN}, note = {Original source: https://nrf.com/media-center/press-releases/import-cargo-s-early-peak-season-is-winding-down. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }
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Primary Source
- Publisher
- National Retail Federation · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 2 · National Official
- Report
- Import Cargo’s Early Peak Season is Winding Down
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- Press Release
- 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_01M2KJ7XC6XXFMVD6A48BSM5DN