Table 26,,,,,,,,,,,
Top 5 U.S. Land Ports for North American Merchandise Trade by Truck and Rail: 2001,,,,,,,,,,,
(With crossing and entry detail),,,,,,,,,,,
Truck,,,,,,,,,,,
Rank in 2001,U.S. port ,Annual truck trade value (millions of $),"Value
per day
(millions of $)","Annual
incoming truck
crossings","Truck
crossings
per day",,,,,,
,U.S.-North American trade,"395,425","1,083","11,081,868","30,361",,,,,,
1,"Detroit, MI","79,762",219,"1,642,042","4,499",,,,,,
2,"Laredo, TX","55,298",152,"1,403,914","3,846",,,,,,
3,"Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY","47,196",129,"1,123,971","3,079",,,,,,
4,"El Paso, TX","34,697",95,"660,583","1,810",,,,,,
5,"Port Huron, MI","29,955",82,"828,802","2,271",,,,,,
Rail,,,,,,,,,,,
Rank in 2001,U.S. port ,Annual rail trade value (millions of $),"Value
per day
(millions of $)","Annual
incoming rail
container","Rail
container
entries per day",,,,,,
,U.S.-North American trade,"92,617",254,"2,361,997","6,471",,,,,,
1,"Laredo, TX","24,179",66,"273,935",751,,,,,,
2,"Port Huron, MI","22,914",63,"449,299",1231,,,,,,
3,"Detroit, MI","11,909",33,"304,591",834,
4,"Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY","10,497",29,"150,525",412,
5,"International Falls-Ranier, MN","4,012",11,"205,430",563,
"NOTE: Rail containers represent the number of container entries, not the number of unique containers. Data represent the number of truck crossings, not the number of unique vehicles, and include both loaded and unloaded trucks. Port rank is based on tradee value for 2001.  Truck and rail value data include both import and export trade.",,,,,,
"SOURCE: Truck crossings and rail entries- U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2002; based on data from U.S. Customs Service, Mission Support Services, Office of Field Operations, Operations Management CD, 2001.  Truck and rail trde value-U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Transborder Surface Freight Data, as of June 2002.",,,,,,
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