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The Journal of Commerce's annual Top 100 Importers and Exporters ranking begins with data from PIERS that is then enhanced by information gathered from other industry sources. The figures are expressed in 20-foot equivalent units, or TEUs, the most common standard measurement of containerized ocean shipping. One standard 40-foot ocean container equals two TEUS.

The lists are restricted to shippers -- beneficial cargo owners of containerized cargo that entered or exited U.S. ports by ocean vessel during 2013. The statistics do not include shippers associations, carriers, non-vessel-operating common carriers, forwarders or brokers, third-party logistics providers, banks or "to-order" negotiable bills of lading, or data falling under privacy strictures. International imports and exports into and out of the U.S. via air, rail or truck are not included.

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1 AMERICA CHUNG NAM

374,200

City of Industry, Calif.



Paper & Plastics/Recyclables; Animal Feed/Grains

NOTES

Recovered paper exporter is the primary supplier and sister company to Nine Dragons Paper Industries, China's largest containerboard manufacturer. Also exports plastic recyclables, animal feed/grain and, most recently, U.S. wine to China.

2 KOCH INDUSTRIES

213,600

3 INTERNATIONAL PAPER

172,600

Wichita, Kan.

Conglomerate

Private U.S. company. Major units include Georgia-Pacific, GP Harmon Recycling and Invista. Acquired Buckeye Technologies in 2013.

Memphis Paper/Packaging

Global paper and packaging company with operations in North America, Europe, Latin America, Russia, Asia and North Africa. 2012 net sales of $28 billion. The merger to combine IP's xpedx businessto-business distribution business with Unisource is scheduled to close in the third quarter.

4 DENISON INTERNATIONAL

112,700

Diamond Bar, Calif. N/A

Paper/Recyclables

Exports paper for recycling mainly to mainland China via California ports and the Port of New YorkNew Jersey.

5 DUPONT

105,100

Wilmington, Del.

Diversified

Operates in more than 90 countries. Acquired food ingredients company Danisco in 2011 and remaining 28 percent of soy-based ingredients company Solae from Bunge in 2012. Sold Performance Coatings unit to Carlyle Group in February 2013.

6 POTENTIAL INDUSTRIES

103,200

Wilmington, Calif. potential

Paper Recyclables

Exports paper for recycling, primarily from California and New York-New Jersey to mainland China. Has rail access at recycling facility.

7 WEYERHAEUSER

98,400

Federal Way, Wash.

Forest/Wood Products

Timberlands and wood products company converted to a real estate investment trust in 2010. Owns 6 million acres of timberlands in the U.S. The hardwood operations and Westwood Shipping Lines were sold in the third quarter of 2011.

8 tie DELONG

93,400

Clinton, Wis.

Animal Feed/Grain

Family owned company with 15 locations in Wisconsin, Illinois and Ohio. Has grain, fertilizer, agrichemicals, seed, feed and pet food operations. New 8.8-acre grain export facility at Logistics Park Kansas City. Transportation unit is DeLco Transport International.

NEWPORT CH INTL.

93,400

Orange, Calif.

;

Paper/Metals /Plastics Recyclables

A partnership with Canusa Hershman Recycling exports wastepaper, steel scrap and plastics to Asia, mostly to China. 75 percent of its annual volume is exported.

10 DOW CHEMICAL

88,100

Midland, Mich.

Diversified

Diversified portfolio of specialty chemical, advanced materials, agrosciences and plastics businesses. Owns Rohm & Haas. Received $2.16 billion from K-Dow arbitration. New Texas propylene plant to start up in 2015 and Texas ethylene plant to start up in 2017.

11 CARGILL

81,200

Wayzata, Minn.

Conglomerate

Private U.S. company. Divested stake in global phosphate, potash and nitrogen specialist Mosaic in May 2011. Scheduled to open a new $100 million cocoa processing plant in Indonesia this year. Owns zero-calorie sweetener Truvia.

12 SIMS METAL MANAGEMENT

80,700

New York



Metals & Electronics/Recyclables

13 SHINTECH

78,400

Houston

Chemicals

Divested Colorado, Arizona and Nashville operations in 2012. Invested in mixed metal recycler Chiho-Tiande Group in mainland China. Acquired U.S. Gulf shredder and feeder yards. Rhode Island greenfield facility completed in September 2013.

Largest U.S. producer of polyvinyl chloride. Parent is Shin-Etsu Chemical of Japan.

14 BASF NORTH AMERICA

75,400

Florham Park, N.J. basf.us

Chemicals-Diversified

North American affiliate of BASF SE, based in Ludwigshafen, Germany.

15 JC HORIZON

75,200

Arcadia, Calif.



Paper/Metals/Plastics Recyclables

Serves the Asia-Pacific recycled paper, metal and plastics markets, primarily China, where it has several offices.

16 MEADWESTVACO

66,100

Richmond, Va.

Diversified

MWV operates in 30 countries and serves customers in more than 100 countries through a network of 125 facilities in North America, South America, Europe and Asia. Spun off the consumer and office products business in a merger with ACCO Brands in May 2012.

17 LOUIS DREYFUS COMMODITIES;

65,700

Cordova, Tenn.

ALLENBERG COTTON

our-business/our-platforms/cotton

Cotton

Cotton merchandising division of Paris-based Louis Dreyfus Group acquired the global cotton operation of Memphis-based Dunavant Enterprises in 2010.

18 ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND

64,300

Decatur, Ill.

Agriculture

This agricultural processor of food ingredients, animal nutrition, biofuel and industrial products has 270 processing plants and 470 crop procurement facilities. Owns or leases 2,500 barges, 27,400 railcars, 600 trucks, 1,300 trailers and 52 ships.

19 TRANS COASTAL SUPPLY

61,400

Decatur, Ill.



Animal Feed/Grain

Established in 2007. Markets grains and feed ingredients, primarily to Asia. Provides transloading.

20 INTERNATIONAL FOREST

60,300

Foxboro, Mass.

PRODUCTS

Paper/Recyclables

Part of the privately owned and family operated Kraft Group, which also includes the Rand-Whitney paper and packaging business, Gillette Stadium, the New England Patriots and the New England Revolution soccer team.

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21 LANSING TRADE GROUP

54,100

Overland Park, Kan.



Chemicals

NOTES

Controls nearly 16 million bushels of elevator space. Trades whole grains and oil seeds, feed ingredients and energy products. Has a joint venture with Titan Transloading for transloading frac sand and crude oil in the Texas Permian Basin.

22 CEDARWOOD-YOUNG (ALLAN CO.) 53,900

Baldwin Park, Calif.

Paper/Recyclables

Processes more than 1.3 million tons a year of paper, glass, plastics, aluminum, electronics waste and other recyclables in 12 California plants. Markets to 20 countries.

23 AL DAHRA ACX GLOBAL

53,200

Bakersfield Calif.

Animal Feed/Grain

24 JBS USA

51,700

Greeley, Colo.

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Refrigerated Meats/Poultry

Recently rebranded from ACX Pacific Northwest. Owns and operates hay processing plants in Ellensburg, Washington; Stockton and Wilmington, California; and Goldsboro, North Carolina. A member of the Al Dahra Agricultural group of companies of the United Arab Emirates.

Owned by Brazil's JBS Group, an animal protein processing company for food, leather, pet products and biodiesel products. Owns Swift & Co. and Smithfield Beef Group, and the JBS USA unit owns 75 percent of Pilgrim's Pride. Has 140 plants worldwide.

25 GAVILON

51,600

Omaha, Neb. Animal Feed/Grain

Agriculture, fertilizer and energy commodity management. A former unit of Conagra, thereafter privatized with acquisition by Marubeni in mid-2012. Union Elevator and Warehouse in Washington, and AgriService of Brazil.

26 EXXONMOBIL CHEMICAL

50,200

Houston



Chemicals

27 CELLMARK GROUP

50,000 Norwalk, Conn.; San Rafael, Calif.



Paper/Paper Products/Recyclables

ExxonMobil subsidiary. The largest U.S. integrated refining-chemical complex at Baytown, Texas, will expand its premium polyethylene production with a new new multibillion-dollar steam cracker.

The paper, packaging and recycling divisions are based in the U.S. Only the pulp business is based in Sweden at parent Cellmark. Sources from 80 countries with sales in 125 countries. Opened a metals and a chemical division.

28 tie CATERPILLAR

47,200

Peoria, Ill.

Mfg-Machinery

Manufactures construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel electric locomotives.

WM RECYCLE AMERICA

47,200

Houston

Diversified/Recycler

A national network of paper, plastics, glass, metals and electronics recycling. Subsidiary of Waste Management offers collection, transfer, recycling, resource recovery, and disposal services. U.S. developer, operator and owner of waste-to-energy and landfill gas-to-energy facilities.

30 SCOULAR

44,500

Omaha, Neb. Agriculture/Foodstuffs

Privately held, employee-owned food, feed and renewable fuel agricultural products marketing company. NVOCC and forwarder TSC Container Freight is a separate division.

31 EASTMAN CHEMICAL

43,200

Kingsport, Tenn. Chemicals/Fibers/Plastics

Acquired Genovique Specialties plasticizer product lines in 2010. In 2011, divested the PET and performance polymers businesses and acquired Sterling, Scandiflex, Dynaloy and TetraVitae Biosciences. Acquired performance materials and specialty chemicals maker Solutia in mid-2012.

32 ADVANCED STEEL RECOVERY

42,700

Fontana, Calif.

Metals/Recyclables

Privately owned company automates the containerization of industrial scrap steel and nonferrous metals through its patented FASTek machinery invention. Full-service pickup, processing and direct mill delivery. Offers client online inventory, removal and payment tracking.

33 TYSON FOODS

41,400

Springdale, Ark. Refrigerated Meats/Poultry

Processes and markets beef, poultry and pork and produces prepared food products. In-country poultry operations in Mexico, Brazil, India and China.

34 ARMY & AIR FORCE

38,800

Dallas

EXCHANGE SERVICE

Retail

The military retailer operates more than 3,100 facilities in the U.S. and worldwide. Funded solely through its sales, it sells at low price via on-base locations as well as an online and mobile exchange at to authorized customers.

35 CYCLE LINK

37,400

Diamond Bar, Calif.

Recyclables

Primarily handles recovered paper since 2007. Sourcing services for recovered fibers, plastics and metals. Has offices in Japan, the U.K., the Netherlands and mainland China.

36 PROCTER & GAMBLE

36,800

Cincinnati Mfg-Consumer Products

176-year-old company with sales in 180 countries. Sold snack business, including Pringles, to Kellogg in May 2012.

37 ANDERSON HAY & GRAIN

36,200

38 AJC INTERNATIONAL

34,800

Ellensburg, Wash anderson-

Animal Feed

Works with a network of family owned farms. Exports hay and straw products from Washington, Oregon and its Wilmington, California, processing plant to Asia.

Atlanta Food/Refrigerated

Private meat, poultry, fruit, vegetable and seafood distributor. Specialty is refrigerated foods under its own brands. Owns AJC Logistics, operates warehouses, offers breakbulk chartered refrigerated vessel services.

39 DOMTAR

34,300

Fort Mill, S.C.; Montreal

Paper /Forest Products

North American manufacturer and distributor based in Montreal. Approximately 80 percent of the business in paper/pulp. Acquired Attends Healthcare with manufacturing in Georgia and North Carolina in 2011.

40 GENESIS RESOURCE ENTERPRISES 34,000

Springfield, N.J. N/A

Paper/Recyclables

Exports paper for recycling to Asia, primarily to mainland China via the Port of New York-New Jersey.

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41 RAYONIER

31,400

HEADQUARTERS WEBSITE SECTOR

Jacksonville, Fla. Forest/Paper Products

NOTES

Structured as a timber real estate investment trust with 2.7 million acres of holdings. Core businesses are timber, cellulose specialty performance fibers and real estate. About half of all sales go to international clients in nearly 40 countries.

42 DAVID J. JOSEPH

31,200

Cincinnati Metal/Recyclables

A Nucor company. Scrap metals trader/recycler with 70 U.S. scrap-processing facilities, including 16 automobile shredders and several self-service used auto part stores. Private railcar fleet.

43 MILITARY SURFACE DEPLOYMENT 29,900

Scott Air Force Base, Ill.

& DISTRIBUTION COMMANDsddc.army.mil

Military Goods

Army command partners with commercial industry to deliver origin-to-destination global solutions for Department of Defense equipment and supplies for all military services.

44 WAL-MART STORES

29,400

Bentonville, Ark.

Retail

Held a U.S. Manufacturing Summit in August 2013 with 500 suppliers. Committed to spend additional $50 billion for more U.S. products over 10 years.

45 STAPLE COTTON

29,300

Greenwood, Miss.

COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION

Cotton

Cotton cooperative for mid-south and southeastern upland cotton crop. Offers crop financing, warehousing and marketing.

46 tie CONAGRA FOODS

28,900

Omaha, Neb.

Food-Diversified

Packaged food company acquired Ralcorp. Owns Hebrew National, Lamb Weston, Wesson, Hunt's, Marie Callender's, among others.

PRICE SMART

28,900

San Diego



Membership Warehouse Club

Price Club founders have more than 30 owned and operated warehouse clubs in Central America, the Caribbean and South America. Opened its third club in Colombia and second in Cali in May 2013.

48 FORD MOTOR

28,800

Dearborn, Mich. Mfg-Automobiles

Ford's China sales increased 41 percent year-over-year through April with 368,150 vehicles sold, up from 261,859 sold a year earlier, substantiating its strategy of building five plants in China by mid-decade.

49 KIMBERLY-CLARK

28,200

Dallas kimberly-

Mfg-Consumer Goods

Health and hygiene company operates in 36 countries with its brands sold in more than 175 countries. Brands include Kleenex, Scott and Huggies. To close five diaper plants in Europe before 2015.

50 EKMAN GROUP

27,700 Gothenburg, Miami, Hong Kong ekman-co.se

Paper/Recyclables

Ekman Group of Sweden acquired materials recovery firm KC International and formed Ekman Recycling a decade ago. Paper and plastics specialist services include financing, equipment and brokerage. In 2011 Ekman acquired Kwok Fung (Sino HK) Enterprise.

51 TOYOTA TSUSHO AMERICA

27,500

Georgetown, Ky.

Conglomerate

Operates trading and supply chain management within Toyota Group. Global headquarters in Japan. Has metals, machinery/electronics, chemicals/plastics, automotive, agriculture/food and consumer products divisions.

52 3M

27,300

53 ITOCHU INTERNATIONAL

27,000

St. Paul, Minn.

Diversified

Acquired Ceradyne, which develops and produces advanced technical ceramics for demanding applications in the automotive, oil and gas, solar, industrial, electronics and defense industries, in late 2012.

New York

Conglomerate

North American unit of parent trading company Itochu Japan. U.S. export strength in 2012 was the Itochu Chemicals Americas unit. Bought Dole's packaged foods and Asia fresh businesses in April 2013.

54 SABIC INNOVATIVE PLASTICS

25,700

Pittsfield, Mass. sabic- Chemicals/Plastics

Rebranded upon the $11.6 billion Sabic (Saudi Basic Industries Corp.) acquisition of former GE Plastics in 2007. Offers engineering thermoplastics materials solutions in resins, films and polymer shapes. Has operations in 35 countries.

55 DEERE

25,500

Moline, Ill. Mfg-Equipment

Celebrated its 175th birthday in 2012. Recently built new factories in India and China and plans to expand plants in India, Brazil, Argentina, Russia and the U.S.

56 ASCEND PERFORMANCE MATERIALS 25,400

57 tie GILDAN ACTIVEWEAR

25,200

OLAM INTERNATIONAL

25,200

Houston

Chemicals

Montreal

Apparel Mfg.

Summit, N.J. Cotton/Spices & Vegetables

The former integrated nylon unit of Solutia (the spun-off Monsanto chemicals business that is now owned by Eastman Chemical) bought by SK Capital Partners.

Manufacturer and marketer of knit apparel for logo, screen-print markets and work uniforms. Sock and underwear supplier. Bought Gold Toe Moretz Holdings for $350 million in 2011. Closed remaining U.S. sock plants. Has Carribean and Central America operations and Bangladesh is the hub for Asia operations. Acquired Anvil Holdings in May 2012.

With global headquarters in Singapore, this processor of agricultural products and food ingredients serves 65 countries. Global commodities include cotton, wood, cocoa, coffee, cashew, sesame and rice products.

59 BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY COMPANIES

25,000

Throughout U.S.

subs/sublinks.html

Diversified

Among Warren Buffet's companies that export are Fruit of the Loom/Union Underwear, Lubrizol, Benjamin Moore, CTB, Shaw Industries and Johns Manville.

60 RESOLUTE FOREST PRODUCTS

24,400

Montreal Paper/Wood Products

Previously known as AbitibiBowater. Emerged from bankruptcy protection in U.S. and Canada in December 2010. Products include newsprint, printing papers, pulp and wood.

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61 RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

23,900

City of Industry, Calif.

COMPANIES INTERNATIONAL

Paper/Recyclables

NOTES Exports paper for recycling to Asia, primarily mainland China.

62 SMITHFIELD FOODS

23,800

Smithfield, Va.

Food/Refrigerated

A $13 billion hog producer and pork processor specializing in consumer packaged meats. Sold its Smithfield Beef unit to JBS Group in 2008. Its Butterball turkey business was sold in 2010 to Maxwell Farms. Brands include Farmland Foods, Armour-Eckrich and John Morrell.

63 RIO TINTO MINERALS

23,400

Greenwood Village, Colo.

;

Minerals

64 VINMAR INTERNATIONAL

22,600

Houston

Chemicals

The U.S. mineral group of Rio Tinto produces U.S. borax borates. There are also borate mines and refineries near Salta, Argentina.

Global polymer and chemical marketing organization and project specialist. Offers financing. Has a fuels trading division for biodiesel, ethanol and natural gas.

65 MERCEDES BENZ USA

22,400

Montvale, N.J.

Auto/Truck

66 RAVAGO GROUP

21,500

Orlando, Fla.



Plastics, Rubber & Chemicals

Unit of Germany's Daimler. Responsible for U.S. distribution and marketing of Mercedes-Benz, Maybach, smart and Sprinter products. Trucks in Portland is a separate business unit.

Ravago Group members in the Americas include Muehlstein, Channel Prime Alliance, Entec and Ravago Manufacturing. The global group had 3.4 million tons of polymers in annual sales. Global headquarters is in Belgium.

67 OGO FIBERS

21,300

68 ROCK-TENN

21,200

69 MICHELIN NORTH AMERICA

20,800

70 PEREZ TRADING

20,100

71 MITSUI & CO. (USA)

19,900

Richmond Hill, Ontario; Summerville, S.C.

Paper/Recyclables

A member of OGO Group. Sources in North America and Europe for the Asian market.

Norcross, Ga. Paper Products/Recyclables

Acquired Smurfit-Stone Container in May 2011. Makes paperboard, containerboard, consumer and corrugated packaging. Also has operations in Canada, Mexico, Chile, Argentina and China.

Greenville, S.C. michelin-

Mfg-Tire & Rubber

Miami

Paper/Packaging

New York

Conglomerate

Operates 18 plants in 16 locations. A 10-year, $1.7 billion U.S. military contract for all ground and aircraft tires ends in 2017.

Markets paper, packaging and equipment for the graphics arts industry in the U.S. Southeast, Mexico, Caribbean, South America and Central America.

Largest overseas subsidiary of Japan's Mitsui & Co., a diversified global trading, investment, and service enterprise with a global network of 150 offices in 67 countries. Acquired U.S. luxury apparel and accesory retailer Paul Stuart in December 2012. Entered a 50-50 joint venture in May 2013 with Celanese to manufacture methanol at Celanese's Clear Lake, Texas, plant.

72 tie DOLE FOOD

19,800

West Lake Village, Calif.

Fruit & Vegetables

One of the largest global producers and marketers of high-quality fresh fruit and fresh vegetables.

CENTRAL NATIONAL GOTTESMAN 19,800

Purchase, N.Y. g- Paper Products/Pulp

A privately held pulp, paper, packaging and tissue company. Agreed last fall to buy Bradner National of Illinois to complement the Lindemeyr division and enhance its Midwest network.

74 DEFENSE COMMISSARY AGENCY

19,500

75 MEGA FIBER

19,000

Fort Lee, Va. Groceries/Household Items

DeCA commissaries sell groceries and household items at cost-plus-5 percent to active and retired members of the U.S. uniformed services and their families.

Brea, Calif. N/A

Paper/Recyclables

Exports paper for recycling to mainland China via California ports.

76 tie G.A. PAPER INTERNATIONAL

18,700 Tampa, Fla.; Markham, Ontario



Paper/Recyclables

Based in Markham, Ontario. Exports paper, Europe pulp and containerboard primarily to the Middle East, North Africa and the Mediterranean.

NESTLE

18,700

Glendale, Calif.; St. Louis; Greenwich, Conn.

Food/Beverages/Pet Food

Swiss parent is the world's largest food company. In 2013 organic growth was 5.1 percent in the Americas, 0.8 percent in Europe and 7.4 percent in Asia, Oceania and Africa. Acquired Wyeth Nutrition in 2012.

78 WH INTERNATIONAL

18,700

79 T&T GROUP

18,600

80 CGB ENTERPRISES

17,900

Lynnwood, Wash. N/A

Logs & Lumber

Exports through Seattle and Tacoma, primarily to China and South Korea.

Humble, Texas Chemicals/Recyclables

Exports plastic scrap and synthetic resins to reprocessing and compounding plants located in the Guangdong province of China.

Mandeville, La. Agriculture/Diversified

Large inland river shipper owned by cooperative Zen-Noh, Zen-Noh Grain and trading firm Itochu. Specializes in grain, feed ingredients, soybean processing, bioenergy and fertilizer trade. Operates barge fleet and owns Consolidated Terminals & Logistics.

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