Table 3-24: Top 50 U.S. Foreign Trade Freight Gateways: 2004
Table 3-24: Top 50 U.S. Foreign Trade Freight Gateways: 2004
(Ranked by value of shipments in billions of dollars)
| Gateway1 | Mode2 | Rank | Exports | Imports | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JFK International Airport, NY | Air | 1 | 52.7 | 72.6 | 125.3 |
| Port of Los Angeles, CA | Water | 2 | 16.4 | 105.1 | 121.4 |
| Port of Long Beach, CA | Water | 3 | 18.6 | 102.8 | 121.3 |
| Port of Detroit, MI | Land | 4 | 58.2 | 55.6 | 113.8 |
| Port of New York, NY and NJ | Water | 5 | 23.1 | 90.4 | 113.5 |
| Port of Laredo, TX | Land | 6 | 38.4 | 51.1 | 89.5 |
| Los Angeles International Airport, CA | Air | 7 | 33.9 | 34.8 | 68.7 |
| Port of Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY | Land | 8 | 31.7 | 36.6 | 68.4 |
| Port of Houston, TX | Water | 9 | 29.2 | 37.2 | 66.4 |
| Port of Huron, MI | Land | 10 | 23.6 | 42.3 | 65.9 |
| Chicago, IL | Air | 11 | 25.2 | 40.1 | 65.4 |
| San Francisco International Airport, CA | Air | 12 | 24.3 | 30.3 | 54.6 |
| Port of Charleston, SC | Water | 13 | 15.4 | 31.3 | 46.7 |
| Port of El Paso, TX | Land | 14 | 18.3 | 24.4 | 42.8 |
| Port of Norfolk Harbor, VA | Water | 15 | 12.0 | 21.5 | 33.5 |
| Port of Baltimore, MD | Water | 16 | 6.9 | 24.4 | 31.3 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth, TX | Air | 17 | 14.6 | 16.6 | 31.2 |
| New Orleans, LA | Air | 18 | 15.2 | 14.8 | 30.0 |
| Port of Seattle, WA | Water | 19 | 6.7 | 22.9 | 29.6 |
| Port of Tacoma, WA | Water | 20 | 5.3 | 23.6 | 28.9 |
| Port of Oakland, CA | Water | 21 | 8.5 | 18.8 | 27.3 |
| Port of Savannah, GA | Water | 22 | 9.7 | 16.6 | 26.3 |
| Anchorage, AK | Air | 23 | 5.7 | 20.5 | 26.3 |
| Miami International Airport, FL | Air | 24 | 16.2 | 9.1 | 25.3 |
| Atlanta, GA | Air | 25 | 10.4 | 14.6 | 24.9 |
| Cleveland, OH | Air | 26 | 12.7 | 10.2 | 22.9 |
| Port of Otay Mesa Station, CA | Land | 27 | 8.9 | 13.3 | 22.2 |
| Port of New Orleans, LA | Water | 28 | 8.1 | 12.2 | 20.3 |
| Port of Miami, FL | Water | 29 | 7.7 | 10.8 | 18.4 |
| Port of Beaumont, TX | Water | 30 | 1.3 | 14.8 | 16.1 |
| Port of Champlain-Rouses Pt., NY | Land | 31 | 5.9 | 10.1 | 16.0 |
| Port of Hidalgo, TX | Land | 32 | 6.7 | 9.2 | 15.9 |
| Newark, NJ | Air | 33 | 3.4 | 11.7 | 15.1 |
| Port of Blaine, WA | Land | 34 | 6.3 | 7.9 | 14.2 |
| Port of Morgan City, LA | Water | 35 | 0.1 | 13.7 | 13.9 |
| Port of Jacksonville, FL | Water | 36 | 4.5 | 9.2 | 13.7 |
| Boston Logan Airport, MA | Air | 37 | 7.9 | 5.0 | 12.9 |
| Port of Portland, OR | Water | 38 | 3.0 | 9.1 | 12.1 |
| Port of Nogales, AZ | Land | 39 | 4.3 | 7.8 | 12.1 |
| Port of Corpus Christi, TX | Water | 40 | 2.0 | 10.0 | 12.0 |
| San Juan International Airport, PR | Air | 41 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 11.8 |
| Port of Port Everglades, FL | Water | 42 | 4.8 | 6.9 | 11.7 |
| Port of Philadelphia, PA | Water | 43 | 1.4 | 10.0 | 11.4 |
| Port of Alexandria Bay, NY | Land | 44 | 4.3 | 6.7 | 11.0 |
| Port of Pembina, ND | Land | 45 | 5.8 | 4.9 | 10.7 |
| Port of Brownsville-Cameron, TX | Land | 46 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 10.7 |
| Port of Calexico-East, CA | Land | 47 | 4.3 | 5.6 | 9.9 |
| Port of Texas City, TX | Water | 48 | 1.3 | 8.3 | 9.6 |
| Philadelphia International Airport, PA | Air | 49 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 9.4 |
| Port of Sweetgrass, MT | Land | 50 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 9.0 |
| Total top 50 gateways | NA | NA | 645.9 | 1,175.5 | 1,821.4 |
1 Gateway means any port, airport, or border crossing that provides access for the import or export of goods.
2 Water data are preliminary.
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, September 2005.
Water: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Navigation Data Center, special tabulation, November 2005.
Land: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Transborder Surface Freight Data, September 2005.