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Freight Facts and Figures 2008

Figure 3-17. Top 25 Foreign-Trade Freight Gateways by Value: 2006

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 9 airports, 11 water ports, and 5 land-border crossings.

 

Figure 3-17. U.S. map showing that the top international gateways include the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, JFK International Airport in New York City, and the truck and rail crossings between Detroit and Windsor.

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Data represented in the figure.

Table in Excel format

Million dollars

Gateway Type1 Rank Exports Imports Total
Los Angeles, CA Water 1 26,343.7 143,678.2 170,021.9
New York, NY and NJ Water 2 33,241.5 116,107.9 149,349.4
John F. Kennedy International, NY Air 3 68,352.5 79,414.4 147,766.8
Detroit, MI Land 4 72,754.2 64,471.5 137,225.8
Long Beach, CA Water 5 21,414.8 113,327.1 134,741.8
Laredo, TX Land 6 45,803.7 58,186.1 103,989.8
Houston, TX Water 7 41,943.9 60,922.7 102,866.6
Los Angeles International, CA Air 8 41,045.7 38,007.4 79,053.2
Chicago, IL Air 9 31,323.5 46,728.5 78,052.0
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY Land 10 35,489.3 40,032.7 75,522.0
Port Huron, MI Land 11 25,472.9 44,857.1 70,330.0
San Francisco International, CA Air 12 29,495.0 34,323.9 63,818.9
Charleston, SC Water 13 16,054.8 39,091.1 55,145.9
El Paso, TX Land 14 20,990.8 25,733.2 46,724.0
Anchorage, AK Air 15 11,462.9 33,174.6 44,637.4
Norfolk, VA Water 16 17,359.8 27,099.0 44,458.9
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Air 17 17,523.8 24,095.6 41,619.3
Savannah, GA Water 18 13,555.3 26,098.3 39,653.6
Baltimore, MD Water 19 9,611.9 26,965.9 36,577.8
Seattle, WA Water 20 8,600.6 26,042.4 34,643.1
New Orleans, LA Air 21 14,165.1 19,981.3 34,146.4
Oakland, CA Water 22 9,770.6 23,574.4 33,345.0
Atlanta, GA Air 23 12,355.0 20,866.2 33,221.2
Tacoma, WA Water 24 4,944.6 27,698.2 32,642.8
Miami International, FL Air 25 20,666.5 9,623.8 30,290.3

1Water data are preliminary.

Notes:

Data for all air gateways include a low level of small user-fee airports located in the same region. Data for courier operations are included in the airport total for JFK International Airport, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, and Anchorage. The New Orleans/Memphis airports include all of Louis Armstrong International air cargo and the Federal Express portion of Memphis, which are not separated in the reporting system.

Source:

U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics 2007 (Washington, DC: 2007), available at www.bts.gov as of June 3, 2008.

 

 


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