According to preliminary port statistics for October 2025 released by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism on December 25, the number of containers of foreign trade cargo at the six major ports (Tokyo Port, Kawasaki Port, Yokohama Port, Nagoya Port, Osaka Port, and Kobe Port) (preliminary figures) was 1,186,794 TEU (down 3.6% compared to the same month of the previous year).
The breakdown was 581,280 TEU in exports (down 6.4%) and 605,514 TEU in imports (down 0.7%).
<Container volume by port, export/import in August (unit: TEU, %)>
| Total | Year-on-year | Output | Year-on-year | 輸入 | Year-on-year | |
| Total | 1,186,794 | 96.4 | 581,280 | 93.6 | 605,514 | 99.3 |
| Tokyo | 355,700 | 97.5 | 159,547 | 96.7 | 196,153 | 98.1 |
| (I.e. | 6,275 | 101.9 | 3,017 | 114.5 | 3,258 | 92.4 |
| Yokohama | 246,523 | 104.1 | 132,792 | 101.2 | 113,731 | 107.6 |
| Nagoya | 233,949 | 100.2 | 120,713 | 97.6 | 113,236 | 103.2 |
| Osaka | 180,184 | 92.7 | 82,790 | 91.4 | 97,394 | 93.7 |
| Kobe | 164,163 | 84.0 | 82,421 | 76.1 | 81,742 | 93.9 |
<Table showing the trend in the number of containers over the past year>
