Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)

Appendix 7
Top U.S. Land Ports by Value of U.S. - NAFTA Land Mode Trade: 2004 and 2005

(Thousands of current U.S. dollars)

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U.S. Port All Land Modes Truck Rail
2004 2005 Percent change 2004 2005 Percent change 2004 2005 Percent change
U.S.-NAFTA trade total 633,562,711 697,986,537 10.2 452,952,617 490,526,073 8.3 108,360,115 116,458,049 7.5
Top 10 ports 460,654,100 496,490,667 7.8 361,393,164 388,514,296 7.5 87,600,121 91,540,874 4.5
Detroit, MI 113,807,623 130,472,954 14.6 94,019,507 108,787,980 15.7 19,278,278 20,974,877 8.8
Laredo, TX 89,510,852 93,677,520 4.7 63,985,424 66,825,760 4.4 25,398,735 26,626,769 4.8
Buffalo-Niagara, NY 68,351,546 70,496,006 3.1 52,316,608 53,685,529 2.6 10,261,965 8,901,701 −13.3
Port Huron, MI 65,918,609 68,211,620 3.5 37,741,459 38,056,379 0.8 23,959,562 24,137,431 0.7
El Paso, TX 42,779,555 42,974,144 0.5 39,531,129 39,523,578 0.0 2,928,668 3,038,581 3.8
Otay Mesa, CA 22,188,749 24,417,334 10.0 22,171,883 24,400,619 10.1 NA NA NA
Champlain-Rouses Pt., NY 15,971,247 18,276,177 14.4 14,173,910 14,960,690 5.6 1,133,615 2,211,356 95.1
Hidalgo, TX 15,877,171 18,265,477 15.0 15,863,990 18,242,670 15.0 2,020 6,801 236.7
Blaine, WA 14,175,533 15,636,488 10.3 11,074,258 12,103,716 9.3 3,092,083 3,517,212 13.7
Nogales, AZ 12,073,215 14,062,948 16.5 10,514,995 11,927,375 13.4 1,545,195 2,126,145 37.6
U.S.-Canada trade total 408,612,969 458,309,568 12.2 268,659,618 294,917,252 9.8 74,543,847 79,928,208 7.2
Top 10 ports 323,649,709 355,308,710 9.8 247,417,702 271,258,289 9.6 63,095,059 66,303,971 5.1
Detroit, MI 113,668,714 130,335,743 14.7 93,882,632 108,651,125 15.7 19,276,281 20,974,533 8.8
Buffalo-Niagara, NY 68,283,239 70,429,244 3.1 52,248,579 53,618,837 2.6 10,261,760 8,901,686 −13.3
Port Huron, MI 65,879,966 68,173,480 3.5 37,704,369 38,019,382 0.8 23,959,412 24,136,286 0.7
Champlain-Rouses Pt., NY 15,945,026 18,254,762 14.5 14,147,689 14,939,276 5.6 1,133,615 2,211,356 95.1
Blaine, WA 14,175,533 15,636,488 10.3 11,074,258 12,103,716 9.3 3,092,083 3,517,212 13.7
Alexandria Bay, NY 11,008,768 11,818,139 7.4 11,005,130 11,812,617 7.3 NA NA NA
Pembina, ND 10,744,181 12,703,124 18.2 10,213,646 11,952,546 17.0 199,400 216,833 8.7
Sweetgrass, MT 9,008,514 10,123,454 12.4 6,591,707 7,763,106 17.8 940,339 1,043,943 11.0
Portal, ND 8,006,892 9,995,460 24.8 4,179,980 5,298,735 26.8 3,712,307 4,609,034 24.2
Highgate Springs, VT 6,928,876 7,838,816 13.1 6,369,713 7,098,948 11.4 519,862 693,087 33.3
U.S.-Mexico trade total 224,949,742 239,676,970 6.5 184,292,998 195,608,821 6.1 33,816,269 36,529,841 8.0
Top 10 ports 211,103,066 227,451,596 7.7 179,566,108 190,261,125 6.0 33,587,526 36,269,312 8.0
Laredo, TX 89,510,852 93,677,520 4.7 63,985,424 66,825,760 4.4 25,398,735 26,626,769 4.8
El Paso, TX 42,779,555 42,974,144 0.5 39,531,129 39,523,578 0.0 2,928,668 3,038,581 3.8
Otay Mesa, CA 22,188,749 24,417,334 10.0 22,171,883 24,400,619 10.1 NA NA NA
Hidalgo, TX 15,877,171 18,265,477 15.0 15,863,990 18,242,670 15.0 2,020 6,801 236.7
Nogales, AZ 12,073,215 14,062,948 16.5 10,514,995 11,927,375 13.4 1,545,195 2,126,145 37.6
Brownsville-Cameron, TX 10,677,779 11,395,111 6.7 9,800,070 10,415,716 6.3 787,761 924,944 17.4
Calexico East, CA 9,942,717 10,750,234 8.1 9,645,911 10,424,004 8.1 166,244 156,910 −5.6
Eagle Pass, TX 4,098,505 7,690,044 87.6 4,098,505 4,283,099 4.5 2,758,847 3,388,990 22.8
Del Rio, TX 2,797,360 3,038,923 8.6 2,797,043 3,038,457 8.6 48 159 230.7
Santa Teresa, NM 1,157,163 1,179,861 2.0 1,157,156 1,179,847 2.0 7 14 95.2

NOTE: NA = Not applicable. Truck and rail modes will not sum to total land trade by port because not all land modes are included here. Other land modes include pipeline, mail, unknown, and miscellaneous.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Transborder Freight Data as of April 2006

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