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Table 1-47:Top U.S. Foreign Trade Freight Gateways by Value of Shipments

(Current $ billions)

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Gateway Typeb 2006 2005
Rank Exports Imports Total Rank Exports Imports Total
Los Angeles, CA Water 1 26.3 143.7 170.0 2 18.4 116.0 134.3
New York, NY and NJ Water 2 33.2 116.1 149.3 4 26.2 104.2 130.4
John F. Kennedy International, NY Air 3 68.4 79.4 147.8 1 59.3 75.6 134.9
Detroit, MI Land 4 72.8 64.5 137.2 3 68.8 61.7 130.5
Long Beach, CA Water 5 21.4 113.3 134.7 5 21.2 103.4 124.6
Laredo, TX Land 6 45.8 58.2 104.0 6 40.9 52.8 93.7
Houston, TX Water 7 41.9 60.9 102.9 7 33.8 52.3 86.1
Los Angeles International, CA Air 8 41.0 38.0 79.1 9 36.5 36.4 72.9
Chicago, IL Air 9 31.3 46.7 78.1 8 29.1 44.3 73.4
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY Land 10 35.5 40.0 75.5 10 32.5 38.0 70.5
Port Huron, MI Land 11 25.5 44.9 70.3 11 23.6 44.6 68.2
San Francisco International, CA Air 12 29.5 34.3 63.8 12 25.2 32.0 57.2
Charleston, SC Water 13 16.1 39.1 55.1 13 15.9 36.5 52.4
El Paso, TX Land 14 21.0 25.7 46.7 14 18.9 24.1 43.0
Anchorage, AK Air 15 11.5 33.2 44.6 19 8.7 26.0 34.7
Norfolk, VA Water 16 17.4 27.1 44.5 15 15.0 24.5 39.6
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Air 17 17.5 24.1 41.6 17 15.4 19.7 35.1
Savannah, GA Water 18 13.6 26.1 39.7 21 11.3 22.1 33.4
Baltimore, MD Water 19 9.6 27.0 36.6 16 8.6 27.0 35.6
Seattle, WA Water 20 8.6 26.0 34.6 18 7.7 27.3 35.0
New Orleans, LA Air 21 14.2 20.0 34.1 24 11.8 17.9 29.7
Oakland, CA Water 22 9.8 23.6 33.3 22 8.9 23.7 32.6
Atlanta, GA Air 23 12.4 20.9 33.2 23 11.6 18.3 29.9
Tacoma, WA Water 24 4.9 27.7 32.6 20 5.0 28.7 33.8
Miami International, FL Air 25 20.7 9.6 30.3 25 17.8 9.7 27.4
Otay Mesa Station, CA Land 26 9.9 18.7 28.6 26 9.3 15.1 24.4
New Orleans, LA Water 27 11.5 14.5 26.0 29 8.9 11.6 20.5
Cleveland, OH Air 28 16.1 9.7 25.8 27 15.1 8.6 23.6
Morgan City, LA Water 29 0.1 25.4 25.6 28 0.1 20.9 21.0
Beaumont, TX Water 30 1.9 20.2 22.0 34 1.2 15.8 17.0
Jacksonville, FL Water 31 8.7 12.5 21.2 35 6.1 10.1 16.2
Philadelphia, PA Water 32 1.7 19.0 20.7 31 1.5 17.7 19.2
Miami, FL Water 33 8.9 11.4 20.3 30 8.4 11.4 19.8
Hidalgo, TX Land 34 8.3 11.8 20.0 33 7.6 10.7 18.3
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY Land 35 7.2 12.8 19.9 32 6.7 11.6 18.3
Corpus Christie, TX Water 36 3.3 15.7 19.0 38 2.2 13.3 15.5
Nogales, AZ Land 37 6.3 12.5 18.9 41 5.0 9.1 14.1
Port Everglades, FL Water 38 8.0 10.5 18.6 40 6.0 9.3 15.3
Blaine, WA Land 39 8.8 8.4 17.1 36 7.3 8.4 15.6
Pembina, ND Land 40 8.5 6.9 15.4 43 7.2 5.5 12.7
Newark, NJ Air 41 3.1 12.1 15.2 37 3.4 12.1 15.5
Washgington, DC Air 42 5.1 10.0 15.1 53 3.7 5.9 9.5
Portland, OR Water 43 2.6 11.5 14.1 45 2.2 9.3 11.5
Texas City, TX Water 44 1.6 12.0 13.7 47 1.6 9.2 10.8
Boston Logan Airport, MA Air 45 8.3 5.3 13.6 42 8.0 5.6 13.6
San Juan International Airport, PR Air 46 7.6 5.0 12.6 49 6.1 4.3 10.4
Brownsville , TX Land 47 6.8 5.6 12.4 46 6.3 5.1 11.4
Sweetgrass, MT Land 48 6.3 6.0 12.2 50 5.0 5.1 10.1
Alexandria Bay, NY Land 49 4.7 7.5 12.2 44 4.6 7.3 11.8
Portal, ND Land 50 6.8 5.1 11.9 51 5.4 4.6 10.0
Total top 50 gatewaysa NA NA 811.9 1,460.0 2,271.9 NA 712.1 1,319.6 2,031.7

KEY: NA = not applicable.

a Data for 2005 is based on the top 50 freight gateways in 2005 and is not a summation of the numbers on the table.

b Water data are preliminary

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, 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, Mar. 25, 2008.

Water: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Navigation Data Center, special tabulation, Mar. 25, 2008.

Land: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Transborder Freight Data, Mar. 25, 2008.