Containerized import volume

STO-REC-STAT01M2KJT2 National
2.03 millionTEU
forecast

United States · November 2026

NRF projects containerized import volume in United States at 2.03 million TEU in November 2026.

Original source
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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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
2 million TEU-1.5%NRFImport Cargo’s Peak Season Not Over YetImport Cargo’s Peak Season Not Over YetOpen 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_01M2KJ7XC6XXFMVD6A48BSM5DR
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_01M2KJ7XC6XXFMVD6A48BSM5DR.
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_01M2KJ7XC6XXFMVD6A48BSM5DR.
BibTeX
@misc{nrf2026containerizedbsm5dr, 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_01M2KJ7XC6XXFMVD6A48BSM5DR}, 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_01M2KJ7XC6XXFMVD6A48BSM5DR