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# Houston container volume (TEU)

Monthly loaded imports, loaded exports and empties at the Port of Houston, in TEU

_Data through Jun 2026 · source last checked Sep 1, 2026 · page revised Aug 18, 2026_

> Loaded imports at Houston were 177,097 TEU in June 2026, up 27% year over year and up 68% versus the same month of 2019. Loaded imports are the import-demand read; empties are repositioned boxes. This is the latest month published, not the current week.

Loaded imports at Houston reached 177,097 TEU in June, up 27 percent year over year and up 68 percent versus June 2019. Loaded exports landed at 131,011 TEU, down 1.5 percent year over year but up 23 percent against pre-pandemic. Empty containers rose 74.9 percent year over year. This is the latest month published, not the current week.

## The numbers

| Stream | Latest (June 2026) | MoM | YoY | vs 2019 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Loaded imports | 177,097 TEU | -5.9% | +27.0% | +68.4% |
| Loaded exports | 131,011 TEU | -2.9% | -1.5% | +23.1% |
| Empty containers | 64,058 TEU | +15.9% | +74.9% | +221.9% |

## About Houston container volume (TEU)

This page tracks monthly container volume at the Port of Houston in TEU, twenty-foot equivalent units, split into loaded imports, loaded exports and empty containers. Loaded imports are the demand signal a US importer watches; empties are a tell about trade imbalance and equipment. The numbers are the port authority's own, re-published by BTS, and they land weeks after the month they cover, so a reading here is the latest month available rather than the current week.

## About this data

- Source: Port authority monthly container statistics, republished by BTS
- Series: Monthly loaded imports, loaded exports and empties
- Geography: Houston
- Unit: TEU
- Calculation period: Monthly
- Last observation: Jun 2026
- Update frequency: Monthly

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