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3-8 Top 10 International Trade Gateways: 2013

Table Version | Excel

by value of shipments

Key: A = airport; L = land port; W = water port.

Notes: Air gateways include a low level (generally less than 3% of the total value) of freight shipped through small user-fee airports located...

3-7 Top 10 World Container Ports: 2012

Table Version | Excel

by full and empty TEUs

Key: TEU = twenty-foot equivalent unit.

Source: American Association of Port Authorities, World Port Rankings, available at www.aapa-ports.org as of September 2014.

3-6 Top 10 U.S. Water Ports: 2012

Table Version | Excel

by Short Tons

by TEUs

Key: TEU = twenty-foot equivalent unit.

Note: Includes domestic and foreign waterborne trade. Excludes foreign empty TEUs.

Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers...

3-5 Top 5 Truck Ports of Entry: 2013

Table Version | Excel

by incoming truck crossings

Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Border Crossing/Entry Data, available at transborder.bts.gov as of September 2014.

3-3 U.S.-NAFTA Merchandise Trade by Mode: 2013

Table Version | Excel

aExport weights for land modes are estimated by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics using value-to-weight ratios derived from import data. bIncludes mail, other, unknown, and shipments through Foreign Trade Zones.

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3-2 U.S. Trade by Coasts and Borders: 1990–2013

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billions of chained 2009 dollars

Note: Includes merchandise trade only.

Sources: Value–U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Division, available at www.census.gov as of June 2014....

3 Moving Goods

The freight transportation network links natural resources, manufacturing facilities, labor markets, and customers across the Nation and with international trading partners.

3-1 Freight Shipments Within the U.S. by Mode 3-2 U.S. Trade by Coasts and Borders: 1990–2013 3-3 U.S.-NAFTA...

2-13 Top 5 Land Ports of Entry: 2013

Table Version | Excel

by incoming person crossings

Note: Excludes drivers and passengers in commercial trucks.

Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Border Crossing/Entry Data, available at...