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Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, Texas-Air Freight Gateway

Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, Texas-Air Freight Gateway

Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) was the sixth busiest international air cargo gateway in the United States by value of shipments, and the twentieth overall by value among all freight gateways—airports,...

Highlights of Top 25 Freight Gateways by Shipment Value

Highlights of Top 25 Freight Gateways by Shipment Value

This section presents gateway-specific tables and brief highlights of key transportation data for U.S. international merchandise freight passing through the gateways into and out of the United States.

For land gateways the report...

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Our mission: To lead in developing transportation data and information of high quality and to advance their effective use in both public and private transportation decisionmaking.

Our vision for the future: Data and information of high quality will...

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments U.S. Department of Transportation

Norman Y. MinetaSecretary

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Rick Kowalewski Deputy Director 

Mary J. Hutzler Associate Director for Statistical Programs

William J. Chang Associate Director for...

BOX 2. International Trade Data: Sources and Issues

BOX 2. International Trade Data: Sources and Issues

In the United States, numerous agencies are involved in the collection, processing, and dissemination of international trade and transportation data. No one dataset provides all the information needed by the transportation community, and...