Foreign-trade container count at six major ports up 0.1% in May

For May 2026, preliminary figures show the number of foreign-trade cargo containers at the six major ports of Tokyo, Kawasaki, Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka, and Kobe.

The number of foreign-trade cargo containers was 1,177,717 TEU, up 0.1% from the same month of the previous year. The breakdown was 562,219 TEU for exports, down 2.9%, and 615,498 TEU for imports, up 3.0%. The ports covered were Tokyo, Kawasaki, Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka, and Kobe.

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