US seaports handled 2,277,965 twenty-foot equivalent units last month, which were down 3.2 per cent from March levels, data from Descartes showed. This marked the first sequential drop in volumes for the month of April since 2022.
Still, last month’s container import volumes were about 19 per cent higher than pre-pandemic levels from April 2019, which the firm said is a reflection of “continued resilience in underlying demand.”
So far in 2026, however, US containerised imports are down five per cent.