BTS | TABLE 3. Top 3 Destination and Origin Ports for International Waterborne Freight via Port of New York, 2003

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TABLE 3. Top 3 Destination and Origin Ports for International Waterborne Freight via Port of New York, 2003

(Short tons, thousands)

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Rank	Export destination	Tons
1	Hong Kong, Hong Kong	830
2	Shanghai, China Mainland	414
3	Rotterdam, Netherlands	380

Rank	Import origin	Tons
1	Point Tupper, Canada	4,092
2	Ventspils, Latvia	2,876
3	Skikda, Algeria	2,495

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, based on data from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, preliminary 2003 Foreign Cargo Data, October 2004.