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3-8 Top 10 International Trade Gateways: 2013

Thursday, January 8, 2015

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by value of shipments

Rank Port Mode '12-'13 change Billions of dollars
1 Los Angeles, CA W -1.9% 212.9
2 New York/New Jersey W -3.6% 201.9
3 New York JFK Airport, NY A 3.9% 189.7
4 Long Beach, CA W 8.1% 180.9
5 Laredo, TX L 6.9% 174.6
6 Houston, TX W -5.1% 167.5
7 Detroit, MI L -6.5% 123.4
8 Chicago, IL A 3.6% 122.2
9 Los Angeles Airport, CA A 2.7% 87.6
10 Port Huron, MI L 0.4% 81.8

Key: A = airport; L = land port; W = water port.

Notes: Air gateways include a low level (generally less than 3% of the total value) of freight shipped through small user-fee airports located in the same area as the gateways listed. Air gateways not identified by airport name (e.g., Chicago, IL) include major airport(s) in the area and small regional airports.

Source: As cited in U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics, table 1-51, available at www.bts.gov as of December 2014.