World Trade Pulse

Daily seaborne trade, measured across 1,400+ ports worldwide.

▼ 6.7% world seaborne trade, last 7 days vs the previous 7

59M: tonnes moved per day
4,458: port calls per day
8 Aug – 14 Aug 2026: measured week

Daily tonnes (imports + exports), last 30 days published.

# Country Tonnes · 30d World share

1 China 18,805 port calls 490M 25.8%

2 United States 5,910 port calls 135M 7.1%

3 Australia 2,037 port calls 116M 6.1%

4 Brazil 2,775 port calls 107M 5.6%

5 Singapore 3,997 port calls 72M 3.8%

6 India 3,325 port calls 71M 3.7%

7 Japan 21,606 port calls 67M 3.5%

8 Korea 5,979 port calls 67M 3.5%

9 Indonesia 6,466 port calls 55M 2.9%

10 The Netherlands 4,654 port calls 39M 2.0%

11 Malaysia 3,242 port calls 36M 1.9%

12 Türkiye 3,799 port calls 34M 1.8%

13 Spain 3,646 port calls 29M 1.5%

14 Russian Federation 1,889 port calls 28M 1.5%

15 Taiwan Province of China 2,019 port calls 27M 1.4%

16 Italy 2,605 port calls 26M 1.3%

17 Germany 2,147 port calls 25M 1.3%

18 Canada 1,124 port calls 24M 1.3%

19 Belgium 2,444 port calls 22M 1.1%

20 Egypt 922 port calls 21M 1.1%

21 United Kingdom 3,157 port calls 18M 1.0%

22 Vietnam 3,382 port calls 18M 1.0%

23 Mexico 1,048 port calls 17M 0.9%

24 South Africa 568 port calls 17M 0.9%

25 France 1,593 port calls 16M 0.9%

26 Morocco 834 port calls 16M 0.9%

27 Thailand 2,277 port calls 16M 0.8%

28 Hong Kong SAR 1,160 port calls 15M 0.8%

29 Panama 859 port calls 15M 0.8%

30 Saudi Arabia 423 port calls 13M 0.7%

Source: IMF PortWatch (International Monetary Fund & University of Oxford) · satellite AIS data aggregated across the world’s ports, updated daily with a few days’ delay · latest data: 2026-08-14.

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