Figure 2-6. Top 25 U.S. Foreign Trade Freight Gateways by Value: 2004 ($billions)

The top 25 foreign trade gateways measured by value of shipments are comprised of 9 airports, 11 water ports, and 5 border crossings. At these 25 gateways, imports comprise 65 percent of the total. Ports with very large shares of imports relative to exports are mostly water ports (such as the ports of Los Angeles, CA, Long Beach, CA, and Tacoma, WA). Anchorage International Airport also has a very high proportion of imports relative to exports.

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Gateway	Type	Rank	Exports	Imports	Total
Port of Los Angeles, CA	Water	1	17.8	130.7	148.5
JFK International Airport, NY	Air	2	52.7	72.6	125.3
Port of Detroit, MI	Land	3	58.2	55.6	113.8
Port of New York, NY and NJ	Water	4	23.1	90.2	113.3
Port of Long Beach, CA	Water	5	17.3	74.8	92.0
Port of Laredo, TX	Land	6	38.4	51.1	89.5
Los Angeles International Airport, CA	Air	7	33.9	34.8	68.7
Port of Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY	Land	8	31.7	36.6	68.4
Port of Huron, MI	Land	9	23.6	42.3	65.9
Port of Houston, TX	Water	10	29.1	36.8	65.9
Chicago, IL	Air	11	25.2	40.1	65.4
San Francisco International Airport, CA	Air	12	24.3	30.3	54.6
Port of Charleston, SC	Water	13	15.3	30.8	46.2
Port of El Paso, TX	Land	14	18.3	24.4	42.8
Port of Norfolk Harbor, VA	Water	15	12.0	21.2	33.2
Port of Baltimore, MD	Water	16	6.9	24.4	31.2
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX	Air	17	14.6	16.6	31.2
New Orleans, LA	Air	18	15.2	14.8	30.0
Port of Seattle, WA	Water	19	6.8	22.4	29.2
Port of Tacoma, WA	Water	20	5.3	22.5	27.8
Port of Oakland, CA	Water	21	8.7	18.3	26.9
Anchorage, AK	Air	22	5.7	20.5	26.3
Port of Savannah, GA	Water	23	9.7	16.3	26.0
Miami International Airport, FL	Air	24	16.2	9.1	25.3
Atlanta, GA	Air	25	10.4	14.6	24.9

Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics 2005 (Washington, DC) available at www.bts.gov as of October 21, 2005.

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