Imports at major US container ports are expected to remain below last year’s levels for the first half of this year amid ongoing tariff uncertainty, but it is too soon to gauge the impact of the conflict in Iran, according to the Global Port Tracker report released by the NRF and Hackett Associates.
The first half of 2026 will see imports worth an estimated 12.21 million TEU, down by 2.5 per cent YoY.