US Container Growth Vanishes With World Trade Flows ‘Moving On’

Shipping containers at the Port of Los Angeles.

Photographer: Eric Thayer/Bloomberg

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US container imports ended 2025 in a four-month skid that’s likely to lengthen this year as trade shifts to other economies to avoid President Donald Trump’s tariffs, according to a shipping industry analyst’s tally of the country’s top 10 ports.