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Latest Monthly TEUs

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Port of Long Beach |
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Latest Month |
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Container Trade in TEUs* |
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April
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Fiscal Year to Date***
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2008**
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2007
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% Change
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2008**
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2007
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% Change
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| LOADED INBOUND |
280,553 |
303,138
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-7.5%
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1,947,336 |
2,095,500 |
-7.1%
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| LOADED OUTBOUND |
163,577 |
121,191 |
35.0%
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1,026,859 |
792,139 |
29.6%
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| EMPTIES |
112,455 |
154,906 |
-27.4%
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963,079 |
1,246,326 |
-22.7%
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| TOTAL(T.E.U.) |
556,585 |
579,235 |
-3.9%
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3,937,274 |
4,133,965 |
-4.8%
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| *TEUs: 20-foot equivalent units or 20-foot-long cargo container |
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| **Preliminary estimate |
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| The size of cargo containers range from 20 feet long to more than 50 feet long. |
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| The international measure is the smallest box, the 20-footer or 20-foot-equivalent unit (TEU). |
| *** Fiscal Year = Oct. 1 through Sep. 30. |
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