Table 1-46: Top U.S. Foreign Trade Freight Gateways by Value of Shipments (Current $ billions)
Table 1-46: Top U.S. Foreign Trade Freight Gateways by Value of Shipments (Current $ billions)
| Gateway | Type | 2000 | 2001 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Exports | Imports | Total | Rank | Exports | Imports | Total | ||
| JFK International Airport, NY | Air | 1 | 56.0 | 75.5 | 131.6 | 1 | 50.1 | 66.5 | 116.6 |
| Port of Los Angeles, CA | Water | 2 | 16.7 | 85.1 | 101.8 | 2 | 17.4 | 86.8 | 104.2 |
| Port of Long Beach, CA | Water | 3 | 16.9 | 81.3 | 98.2 | 3 | 16.7 | 78.0 | 94.7 |
| Port of Detroit, MI | Land | 4 | 49.5 | 44.9 | 94.4 | 4 | 49.2 | 42.8 | 92.0 |
| Port of New York, NY and NJ | Water | 7 | 19.7 | 61.2 | 80.9 | 5 | 22.7 | 63.2 | 85.9 |
| Port of Laredo, TX | Land | 6 | 39.2 | 44.4 | 83.7 | 6 | 34.7 | 44.9 | 79.6 |
| Los Angeles International Airport, CA | Air | 8 | 41.7 | 35.6 | 77.3 | 7 | 34.0 | 29.9 | 63.9 |
| San Francisco Airport, CA | Air | 5 | 41.8 | 46.9 | 88.7 | 8 | 32.3 | 29.6 | 62.0 |
| Port of Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY | Land | 9 | 36.2 | 33.9 | 70.1 | 9 | 29.4 | 31.1 | 60.5 |
| Port of Huron, MI | Land | 10 | 18.8 | 40.9 | 59.7 | 10 | 17.3 | 38.4 | 55.6 |
| Chicago, IL | Air | 11 | 20.4 | 25.4 | 45.7 | 11 | 19.9 | 25.0 | 44.9 |
| Port of Houston, TX | Water | 12 | 18.7 | 24.6 | 43.4 | 12 | 19.5 | 25.0 | 44.5 |
| Port of El Paso, TX | Land | 13 | 17.5 | 21.9 | 39.4 | 13 | 15.9 | 22.0 | 37.9 |
| Port of Charleston, SC | Water | 16 | 11.3 | 20.2 | 31.5 | 14 | 12.5 | 20.9 | 33.4 |
| Port of Seattle, WA | Water | 14 | 5.4 | 26.9 | 32.3 | 15 | 5.3 | 23.3 | 28.6 |
| New Orleans, LA | Air | 15 | 16.2 | 15.9 | 32.0 | 16 | 13.8 | 13.5 | 27.4 |
| Port of Oakland, CA | Water | 18 | 9.6 | 15.5 | 25.1 | 17 | 7.7 | 17.2 | 25.0 |
| Port of Norfolk Harbor, VA | Water | 17 | 11.1 | 14.1 | 25.2 | 18 | 11.3 | 13.6 | 24.9 |
| Miami International Airport, FL | Air | 20 | 15.9 | 7.7 | 23.6 | 19 | 15.4 | 7.2 | 22.6 |
| Anchorage, AK | Air | 21 | 3.5 | 19.7 | 23.2 | 20 | 5.1 | 16.8 | 21.9 |
| Port of Baltimore, MD | Water | 22 | 5.3 | 15.3 | 20.6 | 21 | 5.1 | 15.7 | 20.8 |
| Cleveland, OH | Air | 19 | 11.8 | 12.7 | 24.5 | 22 | 9.2 | 10.5 | 19.7 |
| Port of Otay Mesa Station, CA | Land | 25 | 8.1 | 10.7 | 18.8 | 23 | 8.2 | 11.2 | 19.4 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth, TX | Air | 23 | 10.1 | 10.2 | 20.4 | 24 | 8.8 | 10.0 | 18.8 |
| Port of Tacoma, WA | Water | 24 | 4.4 | 15.5 | 19.8 | 25 | 4.3 | 14.4 | 18.7 |
| Port of Savannah, GA | Water | 30 | 5.9 | 10.5 | 16.3 | 26 | 6.4 | 10.7 | 17.2 |
| Port of New Orleans, LA | Water | 26 | 7.6 | 11.2 | 18.8 | 27 | 8.1 | 8.8 | 17.0 |
| Port of Miami, FL | Water | 27 | 8.4 | 9.1 | 17.5 | 28 | 8.5 | 8.1 | 16.6 |
| Port of Champlain-Rouses Pt., NY | Land | 28 | 6.0 | 11.3 | 17.3 | 29 | 5.9 | 10.2 | 16.2 |
| Atlanta, GA | Air | 29 | 8.4 | 8.7 | 17.2 | 30 | 7.6 | 8.3 | 15.8 |
| Port of Nogales, AZ | Land | 31 | 5.3 | 8.3 | 13.6 | 31 | 4.6 | 7.9 | 12.5 |
| Port of Hidalgo, TX | Land | 32 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 12.6 | 32 | 5.7 | 6.7 | 12.4 |
| Port of Blaine, WA | Land | 33 | 5.6 | 6.7 | 12.3 | 33 | 5.1 | 6.6 | 11.7 |
| Port of Brownsville-Cameron, TX | Land | 34 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 12.1 | 34 | 5.8 | 5.1 | 10.9 |
| Port of Jacksonville, FL | Water | 43 | 1.9 | 8.4 | 10.3 | 35 | 2.0 | 8.8 | 10.8 |
| Port of Portland, OR | Water | 41 | 3.0 | 7.5 | 10.5 | 36 | 2.7 | 8.0 | 10.7 |
| Port of Alexandria Bay, NY | Land | 35 | 4.6 | 7.4 | 12.0 | 37 | 4.1 | 6.6 | 10.6 |
| Port of Port Everglades, FL | Water | 40 | 4.7 | 5.8 | 10.5 | 38 | 4.4 | 5.9 | 10.3 |
| Port of South Louisiana, LA | Water | 36 | 7.1 | 4.0 | 11.1 | 39 | 6.5 | 3.5 | 10.0 |
| Port of Philadelphia, PA | Water | 45 | 0.5 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 40 | 0.6 | 9.4 | 10.0 |
| Newark, NJ | Air | 38 | 3.9 | 6.7 | 10.6 | 41 | 3.2 | 6.2 | 9.4 |
| Boston Logan Airport, MA | Air | 44 | 5.9 | 4.4 | 10.3 | 42 | 5.7 | 3.6 | 9.2 |
| Port of Pembina, ND | Land | 39 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 10.6 | 43 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 8.9 |
| Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, WA | Air | 47 | 3.7 | 4.8 | 8.5 | 44 | 3.5 | 5.3 | 8.8 |
| Philadelphia International Airport, PA | Air | 56 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 6.0 | 45 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 8.8 |
| Port of Sweetgrass, MT | Land | 49 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 7.8 | 46 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 8.3 |
| Port of Morgan City, LA | Water | 46 | 0.1 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 47 | 0.1 | 7.7 | 7.8 |
| San Juan International Airport, PR | Air | 58 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 5.4 | 48 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 7.8 |
| Houston International Airport, TX | Air | 52 | 4.5 | 2.7 | 7.2 | 49 | 4.8 | 2.9 | 7.7 |
| Port of Corpus Christi, TX | Water | 42 | 1.6 | 8.7 | 10.3 | 50 | 1.2 | 6.5 | 7.7 |
| Total top 50 gateways | NA | a 618.9 | a989.1 | a1,608.1 | NA | 579.5 | 920.8 | 1,500.3 | |
KEY: U = data are not available; NA = not applicable.
a Based on top 50 freight gateways in 2000.
NOTES
All data: Trade levels reflect the mode of transportation as a shipment enters or exits at a border port. Flows through individual ports are based on reported data collected from U.S. trade documents. Trade does not include low-value shipments. (In general, these are imports valued at less than $1,250 and exports that are valued at less than $2,500).
Air: 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. In addition, due to Bureau of Census 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.
Water: The Port of South Louisiana includes the following individual ports in Louisiana: Destrehan, Gramercy, St. Rose, and Good Hope.
In 2000, Port of Beaumont, TX (water) ranked 37th, Port of Calexico-East, CA (land) ranked 48th, and Port of Highgate Springs-Alburg, VT (land) ranked 50th.
Numbers may not add to totals due to roundings.
SOURCES
Air: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, special tabulation, August 2002.
Water: U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, Office of Statistical and Economic Analysis, personal communication, Aug. 27, 2002.
Land: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Transborder Surface Freight Data, August 2002.