Figure 2-7. Top 25 U.S. Foreign Trade Freight Gateways by Value: 2005 ($ 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 | Water | 1 | 20.6 | 168.9 | 189.6 |
| JFK International Airport | Air | 2 | 59.3 | 75.6 | 134.9 |
| Port of Detroit | Land | 3 | 68.8 | 61.7 | 130.5 |
| Port of New York | Water | 4 | 26.5 | 102.8 | 129.3 |
| Port of Laredo | Land | 5 | 40.9 | 52.8 | 93.7 |
| Port of Houston | Water | 6 | 34.5 | 51.2 | 85.7 |
| Chicago Airports | Air | 7 | 29.1 | 44.3 | 73.4 |
| Los Angeles International Airport | Air | 8 | 36.5 | 36.4 | 72.9 |
| Port of Long Beach | Water | 9 | 19.4 | 53.0 | 72.4 |
| Port of Buffalo-Niagara Falls | Land | 10 | 32.5 | 38.0 | 70.5 |
| Port of Huron | Land | 11 | 23.6 | 44.6 | 68.2 |
| San Francisco International Airport | Air | 12 | 25.2 | 32.0 | 57.2 |
| Port of Charleston | Water | 13 | 16.0 | 37.1 | 53.1 |
| Port of El Paso | Land | 14 | 18.9 | 24.1 | 43.0 |
| Port of Norfolk Harbor | Water | 15 | 14.5 | 25.0 | 39.5 |
| Port of Seattle | Water | 16 | 8.2 | 30.8 | 39.0 |
| Port of Baltimore | Water | 17 | 8.6 | 27.3 | 35.9 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth Airports | Air | 18 | 15.4 | 19.7 | 35.1 |
| Anchorage Airports | Air | 19 | 8.7 | 26.0 | 34.7 |
| Port of Savannah | Water | 20 | 11.4 | 22.3 | 33.7 |
| Port of Oakland | Water | 21 | 9.0 | 24.5 | 33.5 |
| Port of Tacoma | Water | 22 | 4.7 | 26.9 | 31.6 |
| Atlanta Airports | Air | 23 | 11.6 | 18.3 | 29.9 |
| New Orleans Airports | Air | 24 | 11.8 | 17.9 | 29.7 |
| Miami International Airport | Air | 25 | 17.8 | 9.7 | 27.4 |
Note: Data for all air gateways include a low level (generally less than 2%-3% of the total value) of small user-fee airports located in the same region. Air gateways not identified by airport name (e.g., Chicago, IL, and others) include major airport(s) in that geographic area in addition to small regional airports. In addition, due to Bureau of Census confidentiality regulations, data for courier operations are included in the airport totals for JFK International Airport, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Cleveland, Chicago, Miami, and Anchorage.
Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics 2006 (Washington, DC: 2006), available at www.bts.gov as of October 16, 2006.
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