Table 3-24: Top 50 U.S. Foreign Trade Freight Gateways: 2011
(Ranked by value of shipments in billions of dollars)
| Gateway1 | Mode | Rank | Exports | Imports | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles, CA | Water | 1 | 44.2 | 170.4 | 214.6 |
| New York, NY | Water | 2 | 56.9 | 150.2 | 207.1 |
| John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY | Air | 3 | 96.1 | 93.8 | 189.9 |
| Houston, TX | Water | 4 | 87.3 | 80.3 | 167.6 |
| Long Beach, CA | Water | 5 | 34.4 | 119.0 | 153.4 |
| Laredo, TX | Land | 6 | 67.9 | 77.0 | 144.9 |
| Detroit, MI | Land | 7 | 65.8 | 55.1 | 120.9 |
| Chicago, IL | Air | 8 | 35.9 | 79.6 | 115.5 |
| Los Angeles International Airport, CA | Air | 9 | 40.5 | 42.7 | 83.2 |
| Port Huron, MI | Land | 10 | 39.9 | 43.1 | 83.0 |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY | Land | 11 | 44.0 | 38.0 | 82.0 |
| Savannah, GA | Water | 12 | 30.9 | 40.7 | 71.7 |
| Miami International Airport, FL | Air | 13 | 40.9 | 20.1 | 61.0 |
| El Paso, TX | Land | 14 | 26.8 | 33.1 | 59.9 |
| New Orleans, LA | Air | 15 | 24.0 | 35.1 | 59.1 |
| Charleston, SC | Water | 16 | 22.2 | 36.7 | 58.9 |
| Norfolk, VA | Water | 17 | 28.2 | 29.5 | 57.7 |
| Baltimore, MD | Water | 18 | 20.5 | 30.6 | 51.1 |
| San Francisco International Airport, CA | Air | 19 | 26.5 | 23.8 | 50.3 |
| Oakland, CA | Water | 20 | 18.1 | 28.0 | 46.1 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth, TX | Air | 21 | 17.0 | 28.6 | 45.6 |
| Anchorage, AK | Air | 22 | 9.9 | 34.5 | 44.5 |
| Seattle, WA | Water | 23 | 14.0 | 29.2 | 43.1 |
| New Orleans, LA | Water | 24 | 23.2 | 19.2 | 42.4 |
| Cleveland, OH | Air | 25 | 22.7 | 15.2 | 37.9 |
| Atlanta, GA | Air | 26 | 13.4 | 23.8 | 37.2 |
| Tacoma, WA | Water | 27 | 6.5 | 28.3 | 34.7 |
| Morgan City, LA | Water | 28 | 0.3 | 33.9 | 34.2 |
| Otay Mesa, CA | Land | 29 | 11.5 | 21.7 | 33.2 |
| Beaumont, TX | Water | 30 | 7.1 | 25.2 | 32.2 |
| Corpus Christie, TX | Water | 31 | 10.1 | 20.4 | 30.5 |
| Gramercy, LA | Water | 32 | 14.9 | 11.7 | 26.6 |
| Miami, FL | Water | 33 | 11.9 | 14.1 | 26.1 |
| Texas City, TX | Water | 34 | 5.5 | 19.6 | 25.1 |
| Philadelphia, PA | Water | 35 | 2.6 | 22.2 | 24.8 |
| Hidalgo, TX | Land | 36 | 9.7 | 14.8 | 24.5 |
| Champlain-Rouses Point, NY | Land | 37 | 10.1 | 14.1 | 24.3 |
| Houston, TX | Land | 38 | 9.1 | 15.1 | 24.3 |
| Port Everglades, FL | Water | 39 | 13.2 | 8.9 | 22.1 |
| Nogales, AZ | Land | 40 | 8.1 | 14.0 | 22.1 |
| Pembina, ND | Land | 41 | 13.0 | 9.1 | 22.1 |
| Jacksonville, FL | Water | 42 | 10.8 | 10.1 | 20.9 |
| Houston Intercontinental Airport, TX | Air | 43 | 10.3 | 9.9 | 20.2 |
| San Juan International Airport, PR | Air | 44 | 10.4 | 9.6 | 20.1 |
| Lake Charles, LA | Water | 45 | 4.3 | 15.5 | 19.8 |
| Eagle Pass, TX | Land | 46 | 7.6 | 12.0 | 19.6 |
| Blaine, WA | Land | 47 | 12.1 | 6.8 | 18.9 |
| Washington, DC | Air | 48 | 4.8 | 13.4 | 18.2 |
| Santa Teresa, NM | Land | 49 | 7.5 | 10.3 | 17.8 |
| Sweetgrass, MT | Land | 50 | 9.4 | 7.9 | 17.2 |
| Total top 50 gateways | 1,162.1 | 1,745.8 | 2,907.9 |
1Gateway is any port, airport, or border crossing that provides access for the import or export of goods.
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). 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 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, and Anchorage.
SOURCES: Air-U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Division, USA Trade Online, available at https://usatrade.census.gov/ as of October 2012. Land-U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Transborder Freight Data available at transborder.bts.gov/programs/international/transborder as of October 2012. Water-U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Navigation Data Center, personal communication as of October 2012.