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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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May
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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 |
267,381 |
316,666
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-15.6%
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2,214,717 |
2,412,166 |
-8.2%
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| LOADED OUTBOUND |
158,798 |
127,061 |
25.0%
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1,185,657 |
919,200 |
29.0%
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| EMPTIES |
102,832 |
162,529 |
-36.7%
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1,065,911 |
1,408,855 |
-24.3%
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| TOTAL(T.E.U.) |
529,011 |
606,256 |
-12.7%
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4,466,285 |
4,740,221 |
-5.8%
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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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