Containerized import volume, year-on-year growth

RecordSTO-01M2KJ7XC6-XXFMVD6A48-BSM5DQ

2.7%
forecast

United States · October 2026

NRF projected containerized import volume, year-on-year growth in the United States at 2.7% in October 2026.

Original source

Containerized retail imports in United States: every year, the rank and how it is measured

Publisher
NRF
Authority tier
T2 Official
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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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_01M2KJ7XC6XXFMVD6A48BSM5DQ

Other formats: MLA, Chicago, BibTeX
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_01M2KJ7XC6XXFMVD6A48BSM5DQ.
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_01M2KJ7XC6XXFMVD6A48BSM5DQ.
BibTeX
@misc{nrf2026containerizedbsm5dq, 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_01M2KJ7XC6XXFMVD6A48BSM5DQ}, 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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Chain of custody
Record: STO-01M2KJ7XC6-XXFMVD6A48-BSM5DQ T2 Official

Primary source

Publisher
National Retail Federation · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 2 · National and industry official
Report
Import Cargo’s Early Peak Season is Winding Down
Type
Press release
Published
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Locator
Press Release
Retrieved
15 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
See source

Verification

Status
Verified
Review protocol
Editorial review
Checked on
15 September 2026
Last revision
15 September 2026
Permanent URL
/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC6XXFMVD6A48BSM5DQ