USA Trade Online also allows you to track imports and exports traveling through more than 40 custom districts in the United States and its territories using the Custom District Selection screen. A district is an area within the United States comprised of several ports in the same general location. For example, the Los Angeles district includes the ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, Los Angeles International Airport, El Segundo, Las Vegas, etc. Importantly, a district is not specific to a state and ports from different states can be in the same district. Notice in the above example that Las Vegas, Nevada is included in the Los Angeles district. It is important to note that you cannot extrapolate state-level information under this dimension.

In addition to the standard custom districts, you can also use this dimension to view data on low-value shipments and ships/vessels that leave/enter the United States under their own power, such as exported or imported cruise ships (select “Shipments Individually” and “Vessels Own Power,” respectively).

Figure A: Selecting District from the Selection Criteria List

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Figure B: District Selection Screen

Navigating the District Selections

USA Trade Online does not automatically include district detail in any of the report types. You must add this information by clicking "District" from the Selection List (Figure A) and then selecting the district(s) you're interested in (Figure B). As with the other selection criteria, you can select your district(s) by searching for them by name, manually selecting them from the list, or using one of the other selection techniques.

• Search Bar. Type in the whole or partial name of a customs district and press the "Search" button. The page should then reload and show the districts that match your search. Check the box next to your desired customs district. If you wish to return to the expandable tree listing of all the districts, click the "Show All" button to the right of the search bar.
• Manual Selection. It's easy, just select the boxes of the districts you are interested in!
• Other Selection Options. If you'd like to see information from all Districts, you should choose "Entire" folder as your selection method and then select the "All Districts" box and wait for the page to reload. This tells the system that you want to see information for everything within the "All Districts" folder. Alternately, you could view this same information by checking both the 1st and 2nd "Levels," which represent the District total and District sub-totals, respectively.

• USA Trade Online automatically saves any changes you make to your commodity, country, district or port (as applicable), and measures criteria before you view the resulting table. Only the "Advanced Selection" option in the time dimension requires you to save your changes first.
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