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Figure 7 Maritime Container Entries into the United States: 2000 and 2001

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Figure 7
Maritime Container Entries into the United States: 2000 and 2001

(Thousands of containers)

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  Jan Feb Mar April May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
2001 515 528 484 462 481 416 486 471 432 462 401 444 5,582
2000 463 456 492 466 461 470 514 517 531 552 526 526 5,974

NOTE: The above figures do not solely represent TEUs (20-foot equivalent units) but rather containers of various capacities.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, special tabulation, April 2002; based on U.S. Department of Treasury, U.S. Customs Service, Mission Support Services, Office of Field Operations, Operations Management Database CD, December 2001.