TOP U.S. PORTS The following ports account for about three-fourths of U.S. trade, based on import-export total value for the year 2000. The ranking of the top ten ports remains fairly stable, but rankings thereafter may vary slightly from year to year. 1. Los Angeles, CA 2. Long Beach, CA 3. New York, NY and NJ 4. Houston, TX 5. Seattle, WA 6. Charleston, SC 7. Oakland, CA 8. Norfolk, VA 9. Baltimore, MD 10. Tacoma, WA 11. New Orleans, LA 12. Miami, FL 13. Savannah, GA 14. Port of South Louisiana, LA 15. Beaumont, TX 16. Portland, OR 17. Jacksonville, FL 18. Corpus Christie, TX 19. Port Everglades, FL 20. Philadelphia, PA |