Freight Facts and Figures 2009

Figure 3-19. Top 25 Foreign-Trade Gateways by Value: 2007

Transportation facilities that move international trade into and out of the United States demonstrate the importance of all modes and intermodal combinations to global connectivity. The top 25 foreign-trade gateways measured by value of shipments are comprised of 11 water ports, 5 land-border crossings, and 9 air gateways that include multiple airports, e.g. Dallas-Fort Worth, Chicago, Anchorage, New Orleans, and Atlanta.

 

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Data represented in the figure.

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Billions of dollars

Gateway	Type	Rank	Exports	Imports	Total
Los Angeles, CA	Water	1	29.9	150.4	180.2
New York, NY and NJ	Water	2	40.6	124.6	165.2
John F. Kennedy International, NY	Air	3	77.0	84.2	161.2
Long Beach, CA	Water	4	26.7	120.4	147.1
Detroit, MI	Land	5	73.3	63.3	136.6
Houston, TX	Water	6	53.4	61.2	114.6
Laredo, TX	Land	7	47.4	63.0	110.4
Chicago, IL	Air	8	33.4	53.1	86.6
Los Angeles International, CA	Air	9	41.6	38.0	79.6
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY	Land	10	38.6	40.0	78.6
Port Huron, MI	Land	11	30.7	46.3	77.1
San Francisco International, CA	Air	12	29.7	31.9	61.6
Charleston, SC	Water	13	19.8	41.1	60.9
Savannah, GA	Water	14	18.3	31.3	49.6
Norfolk, VA	Water	15	20.7	28.8	49.5
El Paso, TX	Land	16	20.0	29.1	49.1
Anchorage, AK	Air	17	10.7	34.5	45.3
Baltimore, MD	Water	18	14.0	28.0	42.0
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX	Air	19	18.1	23.4	41.5
New Orleans, LA	Air	20	18.2	22.9	41.1
Seattle, WA	Water	21	9.2	28.4	37.6
Atlanta, GA	Air	22	12.5	22.9	35.4
Oakland, CA	Water	23	11.4	23.4	34.8
Miami International, FL	Air	24	24.0	10.4	34.5
Tacoma, WA	Water	25	6.0	27.8	33.8

Notes:

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. Due to Census Bureau 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 2008 (Washington, DC: 2008), available at www.bts.gov as of June 16, 2009.

 

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