Table 3-28: Top 50 Foreign Trade Freight Gateways: 2002
Table 3-28: Top 50 Foreign Trade Freight Gateways: 2002
(Ranked by value of shipments in $ billions)
| Gateway1 | Mode | Rank | Exports | Imports | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JFK International Airport, NY | Air | 1 | 44.0 | 68.7 | 112.7 |
| Port of Los Angeles, CA | Water | 2 | 16.4 | 93.9 | 110.3 |
| Port of Detroit, MI | Land | 3 | 56.2 | 44.7 | 100.9 |
| Port of New York, NY and NJ | Water | 4 | 22.6 | 68.9 | 91.5 |
| Port of Long Beach, CA | Water | 5 | 15.1 | 73.7 | 88.8 |
| Port of Laredo, TX | Land | 6 | 32.3 | 46.9 | 79.3 |
| Los Angeles International Airport, CA | Air | 7 | 31.5 | 29.1 | 60.6 |
| Port of Huron, MI | Land | 8 | 19.1 | 38.3 | 57.4 |
| Port of Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY | Land | 9 | 24.2 | 30.9 | 55.1 |
| San Francisco International Airport, CA | Air | 10 | 23.2 | 26.5 | 49.7 |
| Chicago, IL | Air | 11 | 18.6 | 29.2 | 47.8 |
| Port of Houston, TX | Water | 12 | 19.4 | 22.5 | 41.9 |
| Port of El Paso, TX | Land | 13 | 15.8 | 22.6 | 38.5 |
| Port of Charleston, SC | Water | 14 | 11.8 | 21.5 | 33.3 |
| New Orleans, LA | Air | 15 | 13.4 | 13.2 | 26.6 |
| Port of Norfolk Harbor, VA | Water | 16 | 10.8 | 15.2 | 26.0 |
| Port of Seattle, WA | Water | 17 | 5.3 | 18.5 | 23.8 |
| Port of Baltimore, MD | Water | 18 | 5.3 | 17.9 | 23.2 |
| Port of Tacoma, WA | Water | 19 | 4.4 | 18.4 | 22.9 |
| Anchorage, AK | Air | 20 | 4.8 | 18.0 | 22.7 |
| Port of Oakland, CA | Water | 21 | 7.5 | 15.3 | 22.7 |
| Miami International Airport, FL | Air | 22 | 13.3 | 7.8 | 21.1 |
| Port of Otay Mesa Station, CA | Land | 23 | 8.6 | 11.8 | 20.4 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth, TX | Air | 24 | 10.1 | 9.6 | 19.7 |
| Port of Savannah, GA | Water | 25 | 6.8 | 12.8 | 19.6 |
| Port of New Orleans, LA | Water | 26 | 10.0 | 8.8 | 18.8 |
| Atlanta, GA | Air | 27 | 7.7 | 9.8 | 17.5 |
| Port of Miami, FL | Water | 28 | 7.8 | 9.0 | 16.8 |
| Cleveland, OH | Air | 29 | 8.4 | 8.0 | 16.4 |
| Port of Champlain-Rouses Pt., NY | Land | 30 | 5.2 | 9.6 | 14.8 |
| Port of Hidalgo, TX | Land | 31 | 5.8 | 6.9 | 12.7 |
| Port of Blaine, WA | Land | 32 | 4.7 | 6.7 | 11.4 |
| Port of Jacksonville, FL | Water | 33 | 2.6 | 8.7 | 11.3 |
| Port of Portland, OR | Water | 34 | 2.6 | 8.6 | 11.2 |
| Port of Nogales, AZ | Land | 35 | 3.8 | 6.9 | 10.8 |
| Port of Alexandria Bay, NY | Land | 36 | 4.0 | 6.7 | 10.7 |
| Port of Brownsville-Cameron, TX | Land | 37 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 10.3 |
| Port of Port Everglades, FL | Water | 38 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 9.4 |
| Port of Beaumont, TX | Water | 39 | 0.8 | 8.3 | 9.1 |
| Port of Philadelphia, PA | Water | 40 | 0.6 | 8.3 | 8.8 |
| San Juan International Airport, PR | Air | 41 | 3.5 | 5.3 | 8.7 |
| Philadelphia International Airport, PA | Air | 42 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 8.7 |
| Port of Pembina, ND | Land | 43 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 8.7 |
| Boston Logan Airport, MA | Air | 44 | 5.1 | 3.3 | 8.5 |
| Port of Calexico-East, CA | Land | 45 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 8.4 |
| Newark, NJ | Air | 46 | 2.6 | 5.7 | 8.3 |
| Port of Corpus Christi, TX | Water | 47 | 1.6 | 6.0 | 7.5 |
| Port of Sweetgrass, MT | Land | 48 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 7.5 |
| Port of Morgan City, LA | Water | 49 | 0.2 | 7.2 | 7.4 |
| Houston International Airport, TX | Air | 50 | 4.5 | 2.9 | 7.4 |
| Total, top 50 | NA | NA | 547.0 | 940.5 | 1,487.5 |
1Gateway 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, April 2003.
Water: U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, Office of Statistical and Economic Analysis, Waterborne Databank, August 2003.
Land: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Transborder Surface Freight Data, August 2003.