TABLE 3. Percent Change in the Value of Merchandise Trade Handled by the Top 25 U.S. Freight Gateways: 2003 and 2008
TABLE 3. Percent Change in the Value of Merchandise Trade Handled by the Top 25 U.S. Freight Gateways: 2003 and 2008
| Rank in 2003 | Rank in 2008 | Port name | Mode | Percent change, 2003-2008 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total trade | Exports | Imports | ||||
| 1 | 1 | Port of Los Angeles, CA | Water | 99.8 | 106.5 | 98.8 |
| 4 | 2 | Port of New York/New Jersey, NY/NJ | Water | 83.2 | 108.1 | 75.4 |
| 2 | 3 | JFK International Airport, NY | Air | 50.1 | 83.4 | 26.3 |
| 11 | 4 | Port of Houston, TX | Water | 196.0 | 221.0 | 177.2 |
| 3 | 5 | Detroit, MI | Land | 17.9 | 21.8 | 13.5 |
| 6 | 6 | Laredo, TX | Land | 47.0 | 66.5 | 33.3 |
| 10 | 7 | Chicago, IL | Air | 78.9 | 73.9 | 81.9 |
| 5 | 8 | Port of Long Beach, CA | Water | -4.5 | 84.1 | -23.8 |
| 8 | 9 | Port Huron, MI | Land | 30.4 | 55.1 | 16.2 |
| 9 | 10 | Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY | Land | 36.2 | 47.4 | 26.6 |
| 7 | 11 | Los Angeles International Airport, CA | Air | 22.6 | 26.8 | 18.3 |
| 13 | 12 | Port of Charleston, SC | Water | 58.3 | 66.6 | 54.0 |
| 24 | 13 | Port of Savannah, GA | Water | 176.3 | 207.8 | 159.5 |
| 15 | 14 | Port of Norfolk, VA | Water | 82.9 | 117.0 | 62.6 |
| 12 | 15 | San Francisco International Airport, CA | Air | 13.2 | 29.3 | 0.4 |
| 26 | 16 | Port of New Orleans, LA | Water | 131.9 | 77.3 | 206.9 |
| 16 | 17 | New Orleans Customs District, LA | Air | 81.8 | 85.1 | 78.5 |
| 14 | 18 | El Paso, TX | Land | 22.9 | 20.6 | 24.6 |
| 18 | 19 | Port of Baltimore, MD | Water | 74.6 | 183.6 | 44.0 |
| 39 | 20 | Port of Philadelphia, PA | Water | 318.6 | 695.0 | 293.9 |
| 23 | 21 | Anchorage International Airport, AK | Air | 87.3 | 80.8 | 89.5 |
| 22 | 22 | Miami International Airport, FL | Air | 76.2 | 109.1 | 23.7 |
| 21 | 23 | Port of Seattle, WA | Water | 73.3 | 74.8 | 72.8 |
| 20 | 24 | Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, TX | Air | 67.6 | 44.0 | 89.7 |
| 19 | 25 | Port of Oakland, CA | Water | 53.9 | 59.7 | 51.3 |
| Top 25 ports, percent change | 62.0 | 74.4 | 55.0 | |||
| Total U.S. merchandise trade, all ports, percent change | 60.8 | 65.5 | 58.1 | |||
NOTES: All data-Trade levels reflect the mode of transportation as a shipment enters or exits a U.S. Customs port. Flows through individual ports are based on reported data collected from U.S. trade documents. Low-value shipments (imports less than $1,250 and exports less than $2,500) and intransit shipments are not included in trade data.
Air-Data for all airports are based on U.S. port classifications and include a low level (generally less than 2 percent to 3 percent of the total value) of small user-fee airports located in the same region. Air gateways not identified by airport name include major airports in that geographic area in addition to small regional airports. Because of U.S. Census Bureau nondisclosure regulations, data for some of the air gateways include courier operations. For example, data for New Orleans International Airport include FedEx air cargo activity in Memphis, TN.
SOURCES: Air and water-U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Division, special tabulation, April 2009. Land-U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Transborder Freight Data, as of April 2009.