BTS | Table 1-14: Louisiana Water Ports Ranked in Top 150 U.S. Ports by Tonnage: 2000

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Table 1-14: Louisiana Water Ports Ranked in Top 150 U.S. Ports by Tonnage: 2000

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Port	U.S. rank	Millions of short tons
Port	U.S. rank	Total	Foreign	Domestic
Port of South Louisiana	1	217.8	98.6	119.1
New Orleans	4	90.8	52.5	38.3
Baton Rouge	9	65.6	23.1	42.5
Port of Plaquemines	11	59.9	21.0	38.9
Lake Charles	12	55.5	35.0	20.5

SOURCE: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce of the United States, Calendar Year 2000, Part 5 National Summaries, Alexandria, VA: 2001, available at http://www.wrsc.usace.army.mil/ndc/wcusnatl00.pdf as of Apr. 15, 2002.