Maritime Services Trade Data
Maritime Services Trade Data
U.S. International Trade in Goods by Transport Mode and Tonnage: 2018 (by percentage and in millions of tons)
Source: U.S. International Freight Trade by Transportation Mode, Bureau of Transportation Statistics*, U.S. Department of Transportation.
| Transport Mode | Exports | Imports | Tonnage by Mode | Percentage of Total Tonnage by Mode |
| Maritime | 868 | 733 | 1,601 | 70.93% |
| Truck | 121 | 114 | 235 | 10.41% |
| Pipeline | 38 | 172 | 210 | 9.30% |
| Rail | 72 | 109 | 181 | 8.02% |
| Other/Unknown | 17 | 6 | 22 | 0.97% |
| Air | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0.40% |
| Total U.S. Trade Tonnage, All Modes | 1,119 | 1,139 | 2,257 | 100% |
U.S. International Trade in Goods by Transport Mode and Value: 2018 (in $ Billions)
Source: U.S. International Freight Trade by Transportation Mode, Bureau of Transportation Statistics*, U.S. Department of Transportation.
| Transport Mode | Exports | Imports | Value by Mode | Percentage of Total Value by Mode |
| Maritime | 586 | 1,176 | 1,762 | 41.88% |
| Air | 494 | 665 | 1,159 | 27.55% |
| Truck | 370 | 402 | 772 | 18.35% |
| Other/Unknown | 136 | 125 | 262 | 6.23% |
| Rail | 63 | 116 | 179 | 4.25% |
| Pipeline | 16 | 58 | 73 | 1.74% |
| Total U.S. Trade Value, All Modes | 1,664 | 2,543 | 4,207 | 100% |
*Note: BTS data excludes U.S.-Canada-Mexico cross-border trade by value and tonnage.
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Top Ten U.S. Seaports by Cargo Tonnage Handled: 2018
Source: 2018 U.S. Port Rankings by Cargo Tonnage. American Association of Port Authorities: Statistics.
| Port | Total Tonnage |
| South Louisiana, LA | 275,512,500 |
| Houston, TX | 268,930,047 |
| New York/New Jersey | 140,281,992 |
| Beaumont, TX | 100,244,231 |
| Corpus Christi, TX | 93,468,323 |
| New Orleans, LA | 93,332,543 |
| Long Beach, CA | 86,536,154 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 82,234,811 |
| Hampton Roads, VA | 71,774,349 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 67,806,137 |
Top Ten U.S. Seaports by Twenty-Foot Container Equivalent Units (TEUs)* Handled
Source: North America Container Traffic 1980-2018. American Association of Port Authorities: Statistics.
| Port | Total TEUs |
| Los Angeles, CA | 9,458,749 |
| Long Beach, CA | 8,091,029 |
| New York/New Jersey | 7,179,792 |
| Savannah, GA | 4,351,976 |
| Seattle/Tacoma, WA | 3,797,627 |
| Hampton Roads, VA | 2,855,914 |
| Houston, TX | 2,699,850 |
| Oakland, CA | 2,546,357 |
| Charleston, SC | 2,316,255 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 1,270,480 |
*Note: TEUs are an industry-standard volume metric.
Top Ten U.S. Seaports by Cargo Value Handled (Import and Export Cargo Combined, in $)
Sources: International Cargo Value, 2018. USA Trade Online, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce.
Import Value Per Port, 2018. USA Trade Online, HS Port-Level Data by Imports.
Export Value Per Port, 2018. USA Trade Online, HS Port-Level Data by Exports.
| Port | Total Value* |
| Los Angeles, CA | 296,619,884,718 |
| New York/New Jersey | 206,505,862,676 |
| Houston, TX | 158,306,135,487 |
| Long Beach, CA | 108,996,007,771 |
| Savannah, GA | 101,099,883,174 |
| Seattle/Tacoma, WA | 77,450,330,848 |
| Hampton Roads, VA | 73,498,282,001 |
| Charleston, SC | 72,578,291,138 |
| Baltimore, MD | 59,580,288,084 |
| New Orleans, LA | 53,119,737,707 |
*Note: Total value is the combined total of maritime cargo import and export values per port in 2018. Additional note: Domestic maritime cargo value handled per port is not available.
Sources of the original data:
Original data from the American Association of Port Authorities.
Original data from the USA Trade Online, U.S. Census Bureau. Please note that an account is required to access the full data from USA Trade Online.