Port Snapshot 2019
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PORT OF ENTRY GEORGE BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT (IAH) Ports of entry within the state of Texas accounted for IAH’S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE TEXAS nearly $740 BILLION in international trade in 2018. ECONOMY INCLUDE: TOTAL TRADE (2018) Texas has 29 OFFICIAL PORTS of entry that serve as critical gateways to global trade. Each port, whether an airport, land port or seaport, serves many domestic $14.1 BILLION and international economic activities across multiple DIRECT AND INDIRECT EMPLOYMENT industries. Each Texas port plays a distinctive role in the state’s transportation network and contributes to the state and local economies. 42,000 GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT Glenn Hegar Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts $6.3 BILLION Sources: REMI, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts GEORGE BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT: ABOUT THE GEORGE BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT ALL TRADE, 2003-2018 $20 69 $15 $10 GEORGE BUSH • INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT $5 45 IN BILLIONS $0 2005 2010 2015 Located north of Houston, IAH transports more Shipping activity through this airport than just travelers: cargo moves through the facility IAH accounted for $14.1 BILLION in trade in 2018, in impressive quantities. RANKS 19TH 96 percent more than in 2003 ($7.2 billion). NATIONALLY FOR IAH is part of the Houston-Galveston Customs District, TOTAL CARGO This airport’s trade, as a percentage of the which includes the Sugar Land Regional Airport, the TONNAGE AND NINTH FOR TOTAL FLIGHTS total through Texas cargo airports, has Port of Houston, the Port of Texas City, the Port of (ALL PLANES). fluctuated from as low as 19 percent in 2004 Galveston, the Port of Freeport, the Port of Port Lavaca to as high as 29.7 percent in 2011. and the Port of Corpus Christi. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, USA Trade Online HOUSTON PORTS OF HOUSTON, GEORGE BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT: TEXAS CITY AND TOTAL TRADE WITH TOP TRADING 10 GALVESTON PARTNERS, 2014-2018 IMPORTS EXPORTS $7 $6 $5 GEORGE BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT $4 $3 $2 TOP IMPORTS: MACHINERY, ELECTRONICS $1 IN BILLIONS $0 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 TOP EXPORTS: MACHINERY, ELECTRONICS Germany, the Netherlands and China TOP TRADING GERMANY, THE NETHERLANDS, CHINA together accounted for about 29 percent of PARTNERS: the total trade through this airport in 2018, up from about 24 percent in 2014. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, USA Trade Online Glenn Hegar Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts GEORGE BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT IS ONE OF 29 OFFICIAL TEXAS PORTS OF ENTRY. See a select list, plus more in-depth regional data: comptroller.texas.gov/economy/economic-data/ports 96-1791-3 (8/19).