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 | Typea | 2008 | 2007 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Exports | Imports | Total | Rank | Exports | Imports | Total | ||
| New York, NY | Water | 1 | 51.0 | 138.5 | 189.5 | 2 | 40.6 | 124.6 | 165.2 |
| Los Angeles, CA | Water | 2 | 33.6 | 148.7 | 182.4 | 1 | 29.9 | 150.4 | 180.2 |
| John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY | Air | 3 | 85.5 | 82.4 | 167.9 | 3 | 77.0 | 84.2 | 161.2 |
| Long Beach, CA | Water | 4 | 32.8 | 119.2 | 152.0 | 4 | 26.7 | 120.4 | 147.1 |
| Houston, TX | Water | 5 | 68.5 | 78.2 | 146.7 | 6 | 53.4 | 61.2 | 114.6 |
| Detroit, MI | Land | 6 | 66.5 | 53.7 | 120.2 | 5 | 73.3 | 63.3 | 136.6 |
| Laredo, TX | Land | 7 | 53.9 | 61.8 | 115.8 | 7 | 47.4 | 63.0 | 110.4 |
| Chicago, IL | Air | 8 | 35.9 | 61.2 | 97.0 | 8 | 33.4 | 53.1 | 86.6 |
| Port Huron, MI | Land | 9 | 35.2 | 46.0 | 81.2 | 11 | 30.7 | 46.3 | 77.1 |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY | Land | 10 | 40.3 | 40.5 | 80.8 | 10 | 38.6 | 40.0 | 78.6 |
| Los Angeles International Airport, CA | Air | 11 | 41.3 | 37.0 | 78.3 | 9 | 41.6 | 38.0 | 79.6 |
| Charleston, SC | Water | 12 | 22.3 | 39.9 | 62.1 | 13 | 19.8 | 41.1 | 60.9 |
| Savannah, GA | Water | 13 | 22.8 | 36.0 | 58.8 | 14 | 18.3 | 31.3 | 49.6 |
| Norfolk, VA | Water | 14 | 26.5 | 29.9 | 56.3 | 15 | 20.7 | 28.8 | 49.5 |
| San Franscisco International Airport, CA | Air | 15 | 26.6 | 26.2 | 52.8 | 12 | 29.7 | 31.9 | 61.6 |
| El Paso, TX | Land | 16 | 20.2 | 28.0 | 48.2 | 16 | 20.0 | 29.1 | 49.1 |
| Baltimore, MD | Water | 17 | 16.1 | 29.0 | 45.1 | 18 | 14.0 | 28.0 | 42.0 |
| New Orleans, LA | Air | 18 | 19.9 | 25.1 | 45.0 | 20 | 18.2 | 22.9 | 41.1 |
| New Orleans, LA | Water | 19 | 20.2 | 21.4 | 41.7 | 26 | 15.9 | 17.1 | 33.0 |
| Anchorage, AK | Air | 20 | 10.2 | 31.2 | 41.4 | 17 | 10.7 | 34.5 | 45.3 |
| Miami International Airport Cargo Facilities, FL | Air | 21 | 29.2 | 10.8 | 40.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 10.4 | 34.5 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth, TX | Air | 22 | 16.4 | 23.1 | 39.5 | 19 | 18.1 | 23.4 | 41.5 |
| Seattle, WA | Water | 23 | 9.8 | 27.9 | 37.7 | 21 | 9.2 | 28.4 | 37.6 |
| Oakland, CA | Water | 24 | 12.8 | 24.9 | 37.7 | 23 | 11.4 | 23.4 | 34.8 |
| Morgan City, LA | Water | 25 | 0.3 | 37.4 | 37.7 | 29 | 0.1 | 26.4 | 26.5 |
| Tacoma, WA | Water | 26 | 8.3 | 29.0 | 37.3 | 25 | 6.0 | 27.8 | 33.8 |
| Atlanta, GA | Air | 27 | 12.3 | 19.9 | 32.2 | 22 | 12.5 | 22.9 | 35.4 |
| Otay Mesa, CA | Land | 28 | 10.6 | 21.2 | 31.8 | 22 | 12.5 | 22.9 | 35.4 |
| Cleveland, OH | Air | 29 | 17.6 | 13.2 | 30.9 | 28 | 15.9 | 11.4 | 27.3 |
| Corpus Christie, TX | Water | 30 | 5.2 | 24.7 | 29.9 | 31 | 4.2 | 18.7 | 22.8 |
| Beaumont, TX | Water | 31 | 2.9 | 25.3 | 28.2 | 30 | 2.1 | 21.3 | 23.3 |
| Philadelphia, PA | Water | 32 | 3.7 | 21.4 | 25.1 | 38 | 1.9 | 16.6 | 18.5 |
| Champlain-Rouses Point, NY | Land | 33 | 9.4 | 14.2 | 23.6 | 33 | 8.1 | 13.4 | 21.5 |
| Texas City, TX | Water | 34 | 2.7 | 20.7 | 23.4 | 41 | 2.5 | 15.1 | 17.6 |
| Port Everglades, FL | Water | 35 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 23.1 | 35 | 10.1 | 10.9 | 20.9 |
| Jacksonville, FL | Water | 36 | 11.2 | 11.8 | 22.9 | 34 | 9.0 | 12.0 | 21.0 |
| Chicago, IL | Land | 37 | 0.0 | 22.7 | 22.7 | 52 | 0.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Gramercy, LA | Water | 38 | 8.8 | 13.5 | 22.3 | 46 | 6.0 | 8.6 | 14.7 |
| Hidalgo, TX | Land | 39 | 9.9 | 12.3 | 22.1 | 32 | 9.0 | 12.9 | 21.9 |
| Miami, FL | Water | 40 | 10.5 | 11.1 | 21.6 | 36 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 19.5 |
| San Juan International Airport, PR | Air | 41 | 12.3 | 8.9 | 21.3 | 37 | 10.3 | 8.5 | 18.8 |
| Pembina, ND | Land | 42 | 11.2 | 8.6 | 19.9 | 42 | 9.4 | 7.8 | 17.2 |
| Nogales, AZ | Land | 43 | 6.9 | 12.2 | 19.1 | 39 | 6.0 | 12.1 | 18.2 |
| Christiansted, VI | Water | 44 | 2.6 | 16.4 | 19.0 | 57 | 0.7 | 11.1 | 11.8 |
| Blaine, WA | Land | 45 | 11.0 | 7.4 | 18.4 | 40 | 9.9 | 7.9 | 17.9 |
| Washington, DC | Air | 46 | 5.6 | 11.9 | 17.5 | 44 | 5.2 | 9.7 | 14.9 |
| Portland, OR | Water | 47 | 5.2 | 11.7 | 16.9 | 43 | 3.6 | 12.3 | 15.9 |
| Portal, ND | Land | 48 | 9.6 | 6.9 | 16.5 | 50 | 7.7 | 5.7 | 13.4 |
| Freeport, TX | Water | 49 | 2.3 | 13.9 | 16.2 | 61 | 2.1 | 8.4 | 10.5 |
| Sweetgrass, MT | Land | 50 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 15.8 | 48 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 13.7 |
| Total top 50 gatewaysa | NA | NA | 998.1 | 1,635.3 | 2,633.4 | NA | 901.9 | 1,543.0 | 2,444.9 |
a Data for 2007 is based on the top 50 freight gateways in 2007 and is not a summation of the numbers on the table.
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).
Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.
Air: Data for all air gateways are reported at the port level and 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, U.S. Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Division, special tabulation, December 2009.
Water: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Navigation Data Center, special tabulation, December 2009.
Land: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, personal communication, December 2009.