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The National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates' Global Port Tracker projected July 2026 US container imports at 2.47 million TEU, an all-time monthly record surpassing the May 2022 peak of 2.40 million, attributed to retailers frontloading ahead of expected tariff increases. The forecast curve then falls sharply: 2.22 million TEU in August and 1.99 million in both September and October. The Port of Los Angeles is running well ahead of last year after processing 1,002,734 TEU in June, up 12.4% year on year and its best June in 118 years, while the Port of Long Beach handled about 779,000 TEU in June, up 10.6%.