Table 3-24: Top 50 U.S. Foreign Trade Freight Gateways: 2003
Table 3-24: Top 50 U.S. Foreign Trade Freight Gateways: 2003
(Ranked by value of shipments in billions of dollars)
| Gateway1 | Mode | Rank | Exports | Imports | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port of Los Angeles, CA | Water | 1 | 16.9 | 105.2 | 122.1 |
| JFK International Airport, NY | Air | 2 | 46.6 | 65.3 | 111.9 |
| Port of Detroit, MI | Land | 3 | 54.5 | 47.3 | 101.9 |
| Port of New York, NY and NJ | Water | 4 | 24.3 | 76.9 | 101.2 |
| Port of Long Beach, CA | Water | 5 | 17.2 | 78.7 | 95.9 |
| Port of Laredo, TX | Land | 6 | 32.4 | 46.4 | 78.8 |
| Los Angeles International Airport, CA | Air | 7 | 32.6 | 31.2 | 63.8 |
| Port of Huron, MI | Land | 8 | 22.7 | 39.6 | 62.3 |
| Port of Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY | Land | 9 | 27.4 | 32.0 | 59.4 |
| Chicago, IL | Air | 10 | 20.6 | 33.7 | 54.3 |
| Port of Houston, TX | Water | 11 | 21.4 | 28.5 | 49.9 |
| San Francisco International Airport, CA | Air | 12 | 20.6 | 26.1 | 46.6 |
| Port of Charleston, SC | Water | 13 | 13.4 | 26.0 | 39.4 |
| Port of El Paso, TX | Land | 14 | 16.7 | 22.5 | 39.2 |
| Port of Norfolk Harbor, VA | Water | 15 | 11.0 | 18.5 | 29.5 |
| New Orleans, LA | Air | 16 | 13.7 | 13.7 | 27.4 |
| Port of Tacoma, WA | Water | 17 | 5.2 | 21.1 | 26.3 |
| Port of Baltimore, MD | Water | 18 | 5.7 | 20.3 | 26.0 |
| Port of Oakland, CA | Water | 19 | 7.8 | 17.4 | 25.1 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth, TX | Air | 20 | 11.4 | 12.2 | 23.6 |
| Port of Seattle, WA | Water | 21 | 5.7 | 17.4 | 23.1 |
| Miami International Airport, FL | Air | 22 | 14.0 | 8.8 | 22.7 |
| Anchorage, AK | Air | 23 | 5.6 | 16.5 | 22.1 |
| Port of Savannah, GA | Water | 24 | 7.4 | 13.9 | 21.3 |
| Port of Otay Mesa Station, CA | Land | 25 | 8.3 | 11.4 | 19.7 |
| Port of New Orleans, LA | Water | 26 | 11.2 | 8.2 | 19.4 |
| Cleveland, OH | Air | 27 | 9.5 | 9.1 | 18.6 |
| Atlanta, GA | Air | 28 | 8.3 | 9.9 | 18.2 |
| Port of Miami, FL | Water | 29 | 6.8 | 9.8 | 16.6 |
| Port of Champlain-Rouses Pt., NY | Land | 30 | 5.2 | 9.2 | 14.4 |
| Port of Hidalgo, TX | Land | 31 | 6.3 | 8.1 | 14.4 |
| Newark, NJ | Air | 32 | 2.6 | 10.4 | 13.0 |
| San Juan International Airport, PR | Air | 33 | 5.2 | 7.0 | 12.2 |
| Port of Blaine, WA | Land | 34 | 5.2 | 6.8 | 12.0 |
| Port of Portland, OR | Water | 35 | 3.0 | 8.8 | 11.8 |
| Port of Jacksonville, FL | Water | 36 | 2.3 | 8.9 | 11.2 |
| Port of Port Everglades, FL | Water | 37 | 4.3 | 6.2 | 10.5 |
| Port of Nogales, AZ | Land | 38 | 3.5 | 6.8 | 10.4 |
| Port of Philadelphia, PA | Water | 39 | 0.6 | 9.7 | 10.3 |
| Port of Morgan City, LA | Water | 40 | 0.2 | 9.9 | 10.1 |
| Port of Brownsville-Cameron, TX | Land | 41 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 10.1 |
| Port of Alexandria Bay, NY | Land | 42 | 3.8 | 6.2 | 10.0 |
| Port of Corpus Christi, TX | Water | 43 | 2.0 | 7.9 | 9.9 |
| Port of Beaumont, TX | Water | 44 | 1.0 | 8.7 | 9.6 |
| Port of Pembina, ND | Land | 45 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 9.5 |
| Boston Logan Airport, MA | Air | 46 | 5.7 | 3.5 | 9.2 |
| Port of Calexico-East, CA | Land | 47 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 8.9 |
| Philadelphia International Airport, PA | Air | 48 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 8.7 |
| Port of Sweetgrass, MT | Land | 49 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 7.5 |
| Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, WA | Air | 50 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 7.3 |
| Total top 50 gateways | NA | NA | 576.2 | 1,010.9 | 1,587.1 |
1 Gateway means any port, airport, or border crossing that provides access for the import or export of goods.
KEY: NA = not applicable.
NOTES: Mode of transportation is the type 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. Low-value shipments, generally imports valued at less than $1,250 and exports valued at less than $2,500, are not included. Data for air gateways include some shipments (generally less than 3% of the total value) from small user-fee airports located in the same region. Air gateways not identified by airport name include major airport(s) in that geographic area in addition to small regional airports. In addition, due to U.S. Census Bureau 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, August 2004.
Water: U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, Office of Statistical and Economic Analysis, August 2004.
Land: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Transborder Surface Freight Data, August 2004.