Figure 3-6 Top U.S. Foreign Trade Freight Gateways by Value of Shipments (Current $ billions)
| Gateway | Type | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Exports | Imports | Total | Rank | Exports | Imports | Total | ||
| Los Angeles, CA | Water | 1 | 40.5 | 174.5 | 215.0 | 1 | 42.6 | 170.2 | 212.9 |
| New York, NY | Water | 2 | 51.6 | 154.9 | 206.5 | 2 | 52.4 | 149.5 | 201.9 |
| Laredo, TX | Land | 3 | 90.8 | 101.2 | 192.1 | 5 | 82.4 | 91.6 | 174.0 |
| JFK International Airport, NY | Air | 4 | 94.8 | 97.0 | 191.8 | 3 | 96.4 | 93.2 | 189.6 |
| Long Beach, CA | Water | 5 | 36.2 | 140.7 | 176.8 | 4 | 37.3 | 143.6 | 180.9 |
| Houston, TX | Water | 6 | 90.4 | 74.3 | 164.8 | 6 | 93.1 | 74.4 | 167.5 |
| Chicago, IL | Air | 7 | 42.9 | 91.2 | 134.0 | 8 | 38.9 | 83.3 | 122.2 |
| Detroit, MI | Land | 8 | 73.2 | 59.8 | 133.0 | 7 | 64.0 | 58.9 | 122.9 |
| Los Angeles International Airport, CA | Air | 9 | 45.7 | 46.7 | 92.4 | 9 | 41.8 | 45.8 | 87.6 |
| Port Huron, MI | Land | 10 | 41.7 | 44.4 | 86.1 | 10 | 40.2 | 41.6 | 81.8 |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY | Land | 11 | 45.3 | 38.9 | 84.2 | 11 | 43.4 | 37.5 | 80.9 |
| Savannah, GA | Water | 12 | 28.1 | 52.4 | 80.5 | 13 | 27.8 | 43.3 | 71.1 |
| Norfolk, VA | Water | 13 | 34.6 | 41.2 | 75.8 | 12 | 33.8 | 37.5 | 71.3 |
| Charleston, SC | Water | 14 | 26.7 | 44.8 | 71.5 | 16 | 24.4 | 40.7 | 65.2 |
| New Orleans, LA | Air | 15 | 30.2 | 40.9 | 71.1 | 14 | 26.2 | 41.9 | 68.1 |
| El Paso, TX | Land | 16 | 30.8 | 34.4 | 65.2 | 17 | 30.3 | 34.0 | 64.2 |
| Miami International Airport, FL | Air | 17 | 37.6 | 24.0 | 61.6 | 15 | 39.6 | 27.7 | 67.3 |
| Tacoma, WA | Water | 18 | 10.8 | 42.8 | 53.6 | 20 | 11.6 | 39.4 | 51.0 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth, TX | Air | 19 | 19.5 | 34.1 | 53.5 | 21 | 17.4 | 32.6 | 50.0 |
| San Francisco International Airport, CA | Air | 20 | 27.4 | 25.7 | 53.1 | 19 | 28.1 | 23.0 | 51.0 |
| Baltimore, MD | Water | 21 | 18.6 | 33.9 | 52.5 | 18 | 20.9 | 31.8 | 52.7 |
| Oakland, CA | Water | 22 | 20.7 | 29.0 | 49.7 | 22 | 19.9 | 27.5 | 47.4 |
| Anchorage, AK | Air | 23 | 12.1 | 37.2 | 49.3 | 24 | 9.5 | 31.5 | 41.0 |
| Cleveland, OH | Air | 24 | 25.3 | 21.1 | 46.4 | 23 | 25.6 | 18.1 | 43.7 |
| New Orleans, LA | Water | 25 | 22.9 | 17.2 | 40.1 | 25 | 24.0 | 15.3 | 39.3 |
| Otay Mesa, CA | Land | 26 | 14.3 | 24.9 | 39.2 | 26 | 13.1 | 22.9 | 36.0 |
| Atlanta, GA | Air | 27 | 13.5 | 20.4 | 33.9 | 27 | 12.8 | 21.9 | 34.7 |
| Hidalgo, Pharr, TX | Land | 28 | 11.2 | 18.3 | 29.5 | 30 | 10.7 | 16.6 | 27.3 |
| Pembina, ND | Land | 29 | 17.7 | 9.9 | 27.6 | 32 | 17.0 | 9.9 | 26.9 |
| Port Everglades, FL | Water | 30 | 13.9 | 13.5 | 27.3 | 36 | 13.5 | 10.4 | 23.9 |
| Beaumont, TX | Water | 31 | 6.0 | 21.1 | 27.1 | 28 | 6.6 | 25.9 | 32.6 |
| Nogales, AZ | Land | 32 | 10.6 | 15.8 | 26.3 | 29 | 10.3 | 17.4 | 27.7 |
| Corpus Christi, TX | Water | 33 | 12.7 | 12.8 | 25.5 | 34 | 10.9 | 14.7 | 25.6 |
| Gramercy, LA | Water | 34 | 18.4 | 6.3 | 24.7 | 38 | 14.5 | 8.1 | 22.6 |
| Eagle Pass, TX | Land | 35 | 7.8 | 16.7 | 24.5 | 41 | 7.1 | 14.3 | 21.4 |
| Miami, FL | Water | 36 | 10.5 | 13.0 | 23.5 | 33 | 11.1 | 14.7 | 25.8 |
| Jacksonville, FL | Water | 37 | 10.8 | 12.5 | 23.3 | 37 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 23.5 |
| Champlain-Rouses Point, NY | Land | 38 | 9.1 | 12.9 | 22.0 | 39 | 9.3 | 12.5 | 21.9 |
| Blaine, WA | Land | 39 | 12.8 | 8.3 | 21.1 | 42 | 13.0 | 8.0 | 21.0 |
| Brunswick, GA | Water | 40 | 5.5 | 15.5 | 21.0 | 46 | 5.0 | 14.2 | 19.2 |
| Portal, ND | Land | 41 | 12.7 | 7.6 | 20.3 | 44 | 12.3 | 7.1 | 19.4 |
| Texas City, TX | Water | 42 | 10.7 | 9.5 | 20.1 | 40 | 9.6 | 12.0 | 21.7 |
| Seattle, WA | Water | 43 | 7.7 | 12.1 | 19.8 | 31 | 7.4 | 19.6 | 27.0 |
| Newark, NJ | Air | 44 | 4.4 | 14.6 | 19.0 | 52 | 4.1 | 11.3 | 15.4 |
| Morgan City, LA | Water | 45 | 1.8 | 17.2 | 19.0 | 35 | 2.1 | 22.1 | 24.2 |
| Santa Teresa, NM | Land | 46 | 9.4 | 9.5 | 18.9 | 48 | 8.3 | 10.2 | 18.6 |
| Houston Intercontinental Airport, TX | Air | 47 | 10.0 | 8.6 | 18.6 | 50 | 9.5 | 7.6 | 17.1 |
| San Juan International Airport, PR | Air | 48 | 11.1 | 7.4 | 18.5 | 51 | 9.8 | 5.6 | 15.4 |
| Sweetgrass, MT | Land | 49 | 9.4 | 8.4 | 17.8 | 49 | 9.9 | 7.3 | 17.2 |
| Philadelphia, PA | Water | 50 | 3.1 | 14.2 | 17.3 | 43 | 2.8 | 17.0 | 19.8 |
| Total 50 gatewaysa | 1,253.2 | 1,833.2 | 3,086.4 | 1,214.5 | 1,783.6 | 2,998.1 | |||
a Data for 2013 are based on the top 50 freight gateways in 2013 and are not a summation of the numbers on the table.
KEY: R = revised.
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).
Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.
Air: Data for all air gateways are reported at the port level and 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 Bureau of Census confidentiality regulations, data for courier operations are included in the airport totals for JFK International Airport, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, Anchorage, and Cleveland.
SOURCES
Air: U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Division, USA Trade Online, October 2015.
Land: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, North American Transborder Freight Data, available at http://www.bts.gov/programs/international/transborder/ as of October 2015.
Water: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Navigation Data Center, special tabulation, October 2015.