Table 1-47: Top U.S. Foreign Trade Freight Gateways by Value of Shipments
Table 1-47: Top U.S. Foreign Trade Freight Gateways by Value of Shipments
(Current $ billions)
| Gateway | Type | 2003 | 2002 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Exports | Imports | Total | Rank | Exports | Imports | Total | ||
| Port of Los Angeles, CA | Water | 1 | 16.9 | 105.2 | 122.1 | 2 | 16.4 | 93.9 | 110.3 |
| JFK International Airport, NY | Air | 2 | 46.6 | 65.3 | 111.9 | 1 | 44.0 | 68.7 | 112.7 |
| Port of Detroit, MI | Land | 3 | 54.5 | 47.3 | 101.9 | 3 | 56.2 | 44.7 | 100.9 |
| Port of New York, NY and NJ | Water | 4 | 24.3 | 76.9 | 101.2 | 4 | 22.6 | 68.9 | 91.5 |
| Port of Long Beach, CA | Water | 5 | 17.2 | 78.7 | 95.9 | 5 | 15.1 | 73.7 | 88.8 |
| Port of Laredo, TX | Land | 6 | 32.4 | 46.4 | 78.8 | 6 | 32.3 | 46.9 | 79.3 |
| Los Angeles International Airport, CA | Air | 7 | 32.6 | 31.2 | 63.8 | 7 | 31.5 | 29.1 | 60.6 |
| Port of Huron, MI | Land | 8 | 22.7 | 39.6 | 62.3 | 8 | 19.1 | 38.3 | 57.4 |
| Port of Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY | Land | 9 | 27.4 | 32.0 | 59.4 | 9 | 24.2 | 30.9 | 55.1 |
| Chicago, IL | Air | 10 | 20.6 | 33.7 | 54.3 | 11 | 18.6 | 29.2 | 47.8 |
| Port of Houston, TX | Water | 11 | 21.4 | 28.5 | 49.9 | 12 | 19.4 | 22.5 | 41.9 |
| San Francisco International Airport, CA | Air | 12 | 20.6 | 26.1 | 46.6 | 10 | 23.2 | 26.5 | 49.7 |
| Port of Charleston, SC | Water | 13 | 13.4 | 26.0 | 39.4 | 14 | 11.8 | 21.5 | 33.3 |
| Port of El Paso, TX | Land | 14 | 16.7 | 22.5 | 39.2 | 13 | 15.8 | 22.6 | 38.5 |
| Port of Norfolk Harbor, VA | Water | 15 | 11.0 | 18.5 | 29.5 | 16 | 10.8 | 15.2 | 26.0 |
| New Orleans, LA | Air | 16 | 13.7 | 13.7 | 27.4 | 15 | 13.4 | 13.2 | 26.6 |
| Port of Tacoma, WA | Water | 17 | 5.2 | 21.1 | 26.3 | 19 | 4.4 | 18.4 | 22.9 |
| Port of Baltimore, MD | Water | 18 | 5.7 | 20.3 | 26.0 | 18 | 5.3 | 17.9 | 23.2 |
| Port of Oakland, CA | Water | 19 | 7.8 | 17.4 | 25.1 | 21 | 7.5 | 15.3 | 22.7 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth, TX | Air | 20 | 11.4 | 12.2 | 23.6 | 24 | 10.1 | 9.6 | 19.7 |
| Port of Seattle, WA | Water | 21 | 5.7 | 17.4 | 23.1 | 17 | 5.3 | 18.5 | 23.8 |
| Miami International Airport, FL | Air | 22 | 14.0 | 8.8 | 22.7 | 22 | 13.3 | 7.8 | 21.1 |
| Anchorage, AK | Air | 23 | 5.6 | 16.5 | 22.1 | 20 | 4.8 | 18.0 | 22.7 |
| Port of Savannah, GA | Water | 24 | 7.4 | 13.9 | 21.3 | 25 | 6.8 | 12.8 | 19.6 |
| Port of Otay Mesa Station, CA | Land | 25 | 8.3 | 11.4 | 19.7 | 23 | 8.6 | 11.8 | 20.4 |
| Port of New Orleans, LA | Water | 26 | 11.2 | 8.2 | 19.4 | 26 | 10.0 | 8.8 | 18.8 |
| Cleveland, OH | Air | 27 | 9.5 | 9.1 | 18.6 | 29 | 8.4 | 8.0 | 16.4 |
| Atlanta, GA | Air | 28 | 8.3 | 9.9 | 18.2 | 27 | 7.7 | 9.8 | 17.5 |
| Port of Miami, FL | Water | 29 | 6.8 | 9.8 | 16.6 | 28 | 7.8 | 9.0 | 16.8 |
| Port of Champlain-Rouses Pt., NY | Land | 30 | 5.2 | 9.2 | 14.4 | 30 | 5.2 | 9.6 | 14.8 |
| Port of Hidalgo, TX | Land | 31 | 6.3 | 8.1 | 14.4 | 31 | 5.8 | 6.9 | 12.7 |
| Newark, NJ | Air | 32 | 2.6 | 10.4 | 13.0 | 46 | 2.6 | 5.7 | 8.3 |
| San Juan International Airport, PR | Air | 33 | 5.2 | 7.0 | 12.2 | 41 | 3.5 | 5.3 | 8.7 |
| Port of Blaine, WA | Land | 34 | 5.2 | 6.8 | 12.0 | 32 | 4.7 | 6.7 | 11.4 |
| Port of Portland, OR | Water | 35 | 3.0 | 8.8 | 11.8 | 34 | 2.6 | 8.6 | 11.2 |
| Port of Jacksonville, FL | Water | 36 | 2.3 | 8.9 | 11.2 | 33 | 2.6 | 8.7 | 11.3 |
| Port of Port Everglades, FL | Water | 37 | 4.3 | 6.2 | 10.5 | 38 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 9.4 |
| Port of Nogales, AZ | Land | 38 | 3.5 | 6.8 | 10.4 | 35 | 3.8 | 6.9 | 10.8 |
| Port of Philadelphia, PA | Water | 39 | 0.6 | 9.7 | 10.3 | 40 | 0.6 | 8.3 | 8.8 |
| Port of Morgan City, LA | Water | 40 | 0.2 | 9.9 | 10.1 | 49 | 0.2 | 7.2 | 7.4 |
| Port of Brownsville-Cameron, TX | Land | 41 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 10.1 | 37 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 10.3 |
| Port of Alexandria Bay, NY | Land | 42 | 3.8 | 6.2 | 10.0 | 36 | 4.0 | 6.7 | 10.7 |
| Port of Corpus Christi, TX | Water | 43 | 2.0 | 7.9 | 9.9 | 47 | 1.6 | 6.0 | 7.5 |
| Port of Beaumont, TX | Water | 44 | 1.0 | 8.7 | 9.6 | 39 | 0.8 | 8.3 | 9.1 |
| Port of Pembina, ND | Land | 45 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 9.5 | 43 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 8.7 |
| Boston Logan Airport, MA | Air | 46 | 5.7 | 3.5 | 9.2 | 44 | 5.1 | 3.3 | 8.5 |
| Port of Calexico-East, CA | Land | 47 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 8.9 | 45 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 8.4 |
| Philadelphia International Airport, PA | Air | 48 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 8.7 | 42 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 8.7 |
| Port of Sweetgrass, MT | Land | 49 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 7.5 | 48 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 7.5 |
| Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, WA | Air | 50 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 7.3 | 51 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 7.3 |
| Total top 50 gatewaysa | NA | 576.2 | 1,010.9 | 1,587.1 | NA | 547.0 | 940.5 | 1,487.5 | |
KEY: NA = not applicable.
a Data for 2002 is based on the top 50 freight gateways in 2002.
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).
In 2002, Houston International Airport, TX (air) ranked 50th.
Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.
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.
SOURCES
Air: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, special tabulation, August 2003 and August 2004.
Water: U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, Office of Statistical and Economic Analysis, personal communications, Aug. 6, 2003 and Aug. 4, 2004.
Land: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Transborder Surface Freight Data, August 2003 and August 2004.