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US import cargo to hit July record ahead of tariffs
10 Jul '26
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US major container ports are forecast to handle 2.47 million TEU in July, a new monthly record, as retailers frontload imports before potential August tariffs.
Global Port Tracker projects June at 2.33 million TEU and the first half at 12.77 million TEU, up 2 per cent year on year.
Retail sourcing teams face an early peak season, with volumes forecast to decline from August.
Import volume at major US container ports is forecast to reach a new monthly record in July as retailers and other importers bring in cargo ahead of potential tariff increases in August, according to the latest
Global Port Tracker
report from the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Hackett Associates.
July imports are forecast at 2.47 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU), up 3.3 per cent from a year earlier. That would exceed the previous monthly record of 2.4 million TEU set in May 2022.
US major container ports are forecast to handle 2.47 million TEU in July, a new monthly record, as retailers frontload imports before potential August tariffs.
Global Port Tracker projects June at 2.33 million TEU and the first half at 12.77 million TEU, up 2 per cent year on year.
Retail sourcing teams face an early peak season, with volumes forecast to decline from August.
US ports covered by Global Port Tracker handled 2.24 million TEU in May, the latest month with final data, up 14.9 per cent year on year and 10.1 per cent from April, the report said.
June has not yet been reported by ports, but the report projected 2.33 million TEU for the month, up 18.7 per cent year on year. That would take first-half 2026 imports to
