Table 1
U.S. Waterborne Foreign Containerized Trade Handled at
Leading U.S. Container Ports: 2008-2009 and Q1-Q2 2008-2010
Table 1
U.S. Waterborne Foreign Containerized Trade Handled at
Leading U.S. Container Ports: 2008-2009 and Q1-Q2 2008-2010
(Thousands of metric tons)
| Rank in 2009 | U.S. Customs port | Annual comparison, 2008 and 2009 |
Quarterly comparison, Q1-Q2 2008 to Q1-Q2 2010 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 2009 | Percent change 2008-2009 | Q1-Q2 2008 |
Q1-Q2 2009 |
Q1-Q2 2010 |
Percent change 2008-2010 | Percent change 2009-2010 | ||
| 1 | Los Angeles, CA | 41,134 | 37,262 | -9.4 | 24,024 | 18,866 | 21,787 | -9.3 | 15.5 |
| 2 | New York/New Jersey | 31,309 | 29,060 | -7.2 | 15,636 | 12,949 | 15,236 | -2.6 | 17.7 |
| 3 | Long Beach, CA | 33,041 | 27,344 | -17.2 | 11,511 | 7,860 | 9,820 | -14.7 | 24.9 |
| 4 | Savannah, GA | 17,895 | 16,619 | -7.1 | 9,195 | 7,199 | 9,498 | 3.3 | 31.9 |
| 5 | Houston, TX | 13,128 | 12,423 | -5.4 | 8,522 | 7,104 | 7,869 | -7.7 | 10.8 |
| 6 | Oakland, CA | 11,961 | 12,391 | 3.6 | 5,647 | 5,059 | 5,721 | 1.3 | 13.1 |
| 7 | Norfolk, VA | 13,444 | 11,858 | -11.8 | 5,996 | 4,783 | 5,451 | -9.1 | 14.0 |
| 8 | Seattle, WA | 8,995 | 9,080 | 0.9 | 4,823 | 3,594 | 5,434 | 12.7 | 51.2 |
| 9 | Charleston, SC | 11,034 | 8,149 | -26.1 | 5,683 | 3,676 | 4,514 | -20.6 | 22.8 |
| 10 | Tacoma, WA | 9,373 | 7,424 | -20.8 | 4,605 | 3,606 | 2,934 | -36.3 | -18.6 |
| 11 | Miami, FL | 5,146 | 4,969 | -3.4 | 2,217 | 1,961 | 2,177 | -1.8 | 11.0 |
| 12 | Baltimore, MD | 4,461 | 4,331 | -2.9 | 2,336 | 1,892 | 2,288 | -2.1 | 21.0 |
| 13 | Port Everglades, FL | 5,282 | 4,261 | -19.3 | 1,814 | 1,592 | 1,708 | -5.8 | 7.2 |
| 14 | New Orleans, LA | 2,668 | 2,795 | 4.7 | 2,016 | 1,750 | 2,154 | 6.8 | 23.1 |
| 15 | San Juan, PR | 2,045 | 2,007 | -1.9 | 888 | 869 | 905 | 1.9 | 4.2 |
| 16 | Philadelphia, PA | 2,255 | 2,005 | -11.1 | 1,094 | 997 | 910 | -16.8 | -8.7 |
| 17 | Jacksonville, FL | 1,202 | 1,589 | 32.3 | 537 | 585 | 752 | 40.1 | 28.6 |
| 18 | Wilmington, NC | 1,152 | 1,555 | 35.0 | 797 | 747 | 1,160 | 45.6 | 55.3 |
| 19 | Portland, OR | 1,823 | 1,518 | -16.7 | 1,390 | 974 | 913 | -34.3 | -6.2 |
| 20 | Wilmington, DE | 1,563 | 1,346 | -13.9 | 601 | 538 | 618 | 2.9 | 14.9 |
| Total top 10 ports | 191,315 | 171,610 | -10.3 | 95,641 | 74,695 | 88,265 | -7.7 | 18.2 | |
| Total top 20 ports | 218,911 | 197,986 | -9.6 | 109,330 | 86,600 | 101,850 | -6.8 | 17.6 | |
| Total all U.S. ports1 | 228,041 | 206,129 | -9.6 | 120,049 | 94,731 | 110,429 | -8.0 | 16.6 | |
| Top 10, percent of total | 83.9 | 83.3 | NA | 79.7 | 78.8 | 79.9 | NA | NA | |
| Top 20, percent of total | 96.0 | 96.0 | NA | 91.1 | 91.4 | 92.2 | NA | NA | |
NOTES: The data in this table include U.S.
maritime imports and exports reported from U.S. international trade
statistics. They exclude transshipments and military shipments. The port of
New York/New Jersey covers U.S. Customs ports of New York, NY and Newark,
NJ. NA = Not applicable.
1 Container ports in all U.S. coastal states
and Puerto Rico.
SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, based on data from two sources. Annual: U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, drawn from The Journal of Commerce, Port Import Export Reporting Service (PIERS), available at http://www.marad.dot.gov/library_landing_page/data_and_statistics/Data_and_Statistics.htm, as of Sept. 13, 2010. Quarterly: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Division, USA Trade Online, available at http://data.usatradeonline.gov, as of Sept. 20, 2010.