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The agricultural community uses the ocean transportation network extensively to serve its global customers. In calendar year 2011, 80 percent of U.S. agricultural exports (146.5 million metric tons), and 78 percent of imports (40.7 million metric tons) were waterborne (Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce, and PIERS). The following Agricultural Port Profiles provide a view of the top 20 U.S. ocean ports moving agricultural export and import traffic (see table). The Profiles provide detailed information on commodities moved, shipping lines used, and destination and origin countries. Selecting a port location above will direct you to the individual port profile.

Top 20 U.S. Ports Moving Waterborne Agricultural Trade, 2011

Rank

U.S. Ports

1

New Orleans Port Region*

2

Los Angeles

3

Kalama

4

New York

5

Houston

6

Seattle

7

Tacoma

State

LA CA WA NY TX WA WA

Imports Exports Metric Tons

1,905,984 59,716,467

Total

61,622,450

Share

33%

2,725,490 7,666,611 10,392,101 6%

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9,504,198

9,504,198 5%

7,979,024

1,463,135

9,442,159 5%

1,796,448

7,425,281

9,221,729 5%

553,031

8,348,638

8,901,669 5%

110,408

7,295,856

7,406,264 4%

Click on the name of a port in either the map or the table to read its profile.

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Portland

9

Long Beach

10 Oakland

OR

85,320

6,741,356

6,826,677 4%

CA

1,925,664

4,467,843

6,393,507 3%

CA

2,038,008

4,221,872

6,259,880 3%

11 Norfolk*

VA

1,109,023

4,905,642

6,014,665 3%

12 Savannah

GA

2,466,994

2,066,933

4,533,927 2%

Imports 22%

13 Corpus Christi 14 Galveston 15 Vancouver

TX

39,385

4,068,528

4,107,913 2%

TX

298,841

3,343,325

3,642,166 2%

WA

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3,403,622

3,403,622 2%

16 Philadelphia

PA

2,315,106

146,635 2,461,741 1%

17 Port Everglades

FL

1,276,241

580,704 1,856,945 1%

18 Beaumont

TX

47,078

1,658,354

1,705,432 1%

19 Jacksonville

FL

377,372 1,287,109 1,664,482 1%

Exports 78%

20 Miami Other

FL

992,432

602,986 1,595,418 1%

12,684,456

7,564,934 20,249,390 11%

Photo Credits:

Total

40,726,304 146,480,029 187,206,333 100%

*New Orleans Port Region includes: South Louisiana, New Orleans, Westwego, Baton Rouge, Avondale, Gretna, Chalmette, Gramercy, Destrehan, LA *Norfolk includes: Norfolk, Newport News, and Richmond, VA

Follow this link for a glossary of terms.

New Orleans: Wikipedia Los Angeles: ?Port of Los Angeles Kalama: Port of Kalama New York: By Amerune Houston: Port of Houston Seattle: Port of Seattle, image by Don Wilson Tacoma: Port of Tacoma

Portland: ?Port of Portland Long Beach: Courtesy of the Port of Long Beach Oakland: Port of Oakland Norfolk: Port of Norfolk, photo by Stephen Little Savannah: Georgia Ports Authority, photo by Stephen Morton Corpus Christi: Port of Corpus Christi

Galveston: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Vancouver: Port of Vancouver Philadelphia: Philadelphia Regional Port Authority Port Everglades: Port Everglades Beaumont: Port of Beaumont Jacksonville: Jacksonville Port Authority Miami: Port of Miami

Export/Import Profile

New Orleans, LA Port Region

The Mississippi River system is a critical artery in U.S. grain marketing, necessary to competitively serve global markets for corn, wheat, oilseeds, and grain products. In a typical year, Mississippi Gulf ports ship over 2 billion bushels of grain to their final destinations around the globe.

The New Orleans Port Region brings all modes of transportation (ocean, barge, rail, and truck) together by giving ocean-going vessels access to ports 228 miles upriver from the Gulf of Mexico, linking them with the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean, and Panama Canal.

Ports situated along the Mississippi River from Baton Rouge to Myrtle Grove, LA, are often referred to as simply New Orleans or the New Orleans Port Region. These ports are close enough together-- some are even adjacent--to act as one large port complex.

The best example of this is the Port of South Louisiana, a group of ports that stretches 54 miles along the Mississippi River and handled over 274 million tons of cargo in 2011. The Port of South Louisiana moves more tonnage than any other North American port. Grain products accounted for more than 74 percent of the port's total export cargo in 2011.

Below are the ports and grain elevators in the New Orleans Port Region from Mississippi River Mile Marker 228 through 61:

Baton Rouge Darrow Gramercy South Louisiana, which

includes: ?Convent ?St. Elmo ?Reserve ?Destrehan ?Ama ?Westwego

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Photo Credit: Wikipedia

Exports

The New Orleans Port Region is used to move a significant percentage of U.S. waterborne agricultural exports--41 percent in 2011. The majority of these exports were bulk grains and bulk grain products, such as corn, soybeans, animal feed, and rice. The region also supports a large proportion of edible oil exports, such as soybean and corn oils, and attracted 9 percent of U.S. waterborne frozen poultry exports in 2011.

In 2011, more than 99 percent of agricultural exports through the New Orleans Port Region moved in bulk vessels; only 6 percent of those were refrigerated. The top destination countries are a global reach, with China representing 20 percent, followed by Japan, Mexico, and Egypt.

Top 10 U.S Waterborne Agricultural Exports Through the New Orleans Port Region, 2011

Commodities

Metric Tons Share U.S. Share

Soybeans

22,168,670

37%

63%

Grain products, cereal, flour

19,391,107

32%

62%

Bulk grains

8,534,146

14%

23%

Vegetables

3,359,712

6%

65%

Animal feed

3,016,562

5%

29%

Rice

1,505,850

3%

53%

Soybean oil Corn oil

609,368

1%

78%

308,994

1%

85%

Poultry

276,555

0%

9%

Grocery items

142,513

0%

4%

Other Total

407,803

1%

59,721,281 100%

41%

Source: Port Import Export Reporting Service (PIERS)

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Top 10 Destination Countries for U.S. Waterborne Agricultural Exports Through the New Orleans Port

Region, 2011

China 23%

Japan 19%

Mexico 8%

Other 27%

Netherlands 2%

Source: Port Import Export Reporting Service (PIERS)

Egypt 6%

Israel 2%

Korea 5%

Venezuela 3%

Colombia 2%

Dominican Republic

3%

Top Shipping Lines Moving U.S. Waterborne Agricultural Exports Through the New Orleans

Port Region, 2011

Shipping Lines Bulk Cargoes

Metric Tons Share 51,239,376 86%

Pan Ocean Shipping Polish Steam Ship Cosco Bulk Carrier

3,018,853 5% 767,344 1% 457,869 1%

United Bulk Carriers PACC Container Line Other Total

351,058 1% 327,026 1% 3,559,756 6% 59,721,281 100%

Source: Port Import Export Reporting Service (PIERS)

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Imports

New Orleans is also an important port region for U.S. agricultural imports. It moved nearly 1.9 million metric tons of waterborne agricultural imports in 2011. A significant amount of U.S. waterborne edible oils imports, such as coconut, palm, and peanut oils, transit the New Orleans Port Region. Nearly 81 percent of the agricultural imports moved through the region are unrefrigerated bulk commodities such as coffee, edible oils, and molasses. Because of its strategic location, agricultural imports moved through New Orleans come from all over the world. The top origin countries in 2011 were Canada, Malaysia, the Philippines, Brazil, and Mexico. The top three ocean carriers, which moved 51 percent of agricultural imports through New Orleans, were State Shipping, Cargill, and Mediterranean Shipping.

U.S. Waterborne Agricultural Imports Through the New Orleans Port Region, 2011

Conta i neri zed 19%

Bul k 81%

Source: Port Import Export Reporting Service (PIERS)

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