2018 Foreign Commerce Statistical Report · Coal and LNG exports were the primary reason for the ports overall increase in tons. Coal exports continue to set records ... 30.515 29.531

2018 Foreign Commerce Statistical Report

Table of Contents

The Port of Baltimore’s Waterborne Commerce Summary – 2018

Port of Baltimore Foreign Waterborne Commerce (Value)

Port of Baltimore Foreign Waterborne Commerce (Tons)

Port of Baltimore Foreign Waterborne Commerce – 10 year comparison

Top U.S. Port Rankings - Exports

Top U.S. Port Rankings - Imports

Top U.S. Port Rankings - Total

Port of Baltimore Top Commodities / Trading Partners

Foreign Cargo Breakdown at the Port of Baltimore

Bulk Cargo Summary (Tons)

Maryland Port Administration – General Cargo

Maryland Port Administration Container Summary

Port of Baltimore – Automobiles and Light Trucks

Port of Baltimore Trade with Africa

Port of Baltimore Trade with Asia

Port of Baltimore Trade with Australia and Oceania

Port of Baltimore Trade with Europe

Port of Baltimore Trade with North America / Caribbean

Port of Baltimore Trade with South America

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THE PORT OF BALTIMORE’S WATERBOURNE COMMERCE 2018

Summary:

In 2018, the Port of Baltimore (POB) experienced a record year in foreign cargo tons. Import and export tons totaled nearly 43 million tons, surpassing the previous mark set in 1974. The value of foreign cargo that the POB handled was $59.7 billion.

Coal and LNG exports were the primary reason for the ports overall increase in tons. Coal exports continue to set records with over 21.5 million tons exported in 2018. 2018 also brought the first LNG exports through the Port. The POB also saw growth in the overall general cargo tons led by containers and automobiles.

In 2018, the Maryland Port Administration (MPA) handled a record 10.9 million tons of general cargo at the State owned marine terminals. A record 1,023,161 TEUs of containers were handled and marked the 9th straight year of growth in containers. In addition, the Port of Baltimore handled over 850,000 auto units in 2018 (another record).

The Port of Baltimore is ranked as the 11th largest port in the USA in terms of foreign cargo tonnage and 9th largest in terms of dollar value.

The Port of Baltimore consists of state owned marine terminals managed by the MPA and privately owned marine terminals. Approximately 90% of all general cargo tons move through the MPA’s public terminals, while the private terminals handled most of the Port’s bulk commodities.

Definitions:

Foreign Cargo excludes domestic cargo that moves between U.S. ports and between the U.S. mainland and its territories (i.e. Puerto Rico). The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports domestic cargo shipments for the U.S. ports, but this data is not made available until nearly a year after the Census Bureau’s foreign cargo data is released.

The vast majority of domestic waterborne cargo within the Port of Baltimore consists of coal, petroleum products, sand and gravel moving within the Chesapeake Bay or to nearby ports along the U.S. East Coast.

General cargo is defined as containerized cargo, automobiles, agriculture/construction machinery (Ro/Ro) and break bulk shipments of forest products, steel, etc.

The U.S. Census Bureau’s data used in this report compiles data by ports within the U.S. When ranking ports on a national basis, ports operating under the same port authority are combined, such as New York / Newark (Port of NY/NJ) and Savannah / Brunswick (Georgia Ports).

Data Sources:

All data comes from the U.S. Census’ USA Trade Online website unless otherwise noted.

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Port of BaltimoreForeign Waterborne Commerce

(Billions of Dollars)

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19.400

27.050

30.76732.086 31.762

33.87935.796 35.888

38.088

42.875

10.837

14.424

20.65121.816 21.026

18.626

15.37814.038

15.874 16.848

30.237

41.474

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53.902 52.78852.506 51.175

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12.146 15.24713.991

12.934

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12.80914.729

13.793 13.63914.194

10.215

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23.864 23.734

19.63716.721 17.755 18.002

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32.892

37.85536.668

30.515 29.531

32.48531.795

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Import Export Total

Port of Baltimore- Foreign Waterborne Commerce

Year POB Import Tons POB Import Value POB Export Tons POB Export Value POB Total Tons POB Total Value

2009 12,145,712 $ 19,399,599,056 10,215,428 $ 10,837,484,537 22,361,140 $ 30,237,083,593

2010 15,246,553 $ 27,050,304,507 17,645,241 $ 14,423,966,216 32,891,794 $ 41,474,270,723

2011 13,990,683 $ 30,767,459,087 23,864,148 $ 20,651,529,559 37,854,831 $ 51,418,988,646

2012 12,934,037 $ 32,086,044,308 23,734,215 $ 21,816,059,451 36,668,252 $ 53,902,103,759

2013 10,877,876 $ 31,761,658,986 19,637,416 $ 21,026,002,803 30,515,291 $ 52,787,661,789

2014 12,809,743 $ 33,879,449,270 16,721,107 $ 18,626,262,877 29,530,850 $ 52,505,712,147

2015 14,729,630 $ 35,796,890,070 17,755,212 $ 15,378,205,527 32,484,842 $ 51,175,095,597

2016 13,793,315 $ 35,888,035,586 18,002,076 $ 14,037,938,103 31,795,391 $ 49,925,973,689

2017 13,639,450 $ 38,087,674,143 24,574,247 $ 15,874,341,405 38,213,697 $ 53,962,015,548

2018 14,193,921 $ 42,874,842,151 28,799,201 $ 16,847,859,925 42,993,122 $ 59,722,702,076

Year U.S.A. Total TonsPOB U.S.A. Market

ShareMid-Atlantic Tons

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Market Share

2009 1,324,995,896 1.7% 225,058,743 9.9%

2010 1,438,781,046 2.3% 237,406,706 13.9%

2011 1,480,879,610 2.6% 257,254,878 14.7%

2012 1,424,711,289 2.6% 249,541,205 14.7%

2013 1,388,066,298 2.2% 236,970,041 12.9%

2014 1,419,222,274 2.1% 223,717,038 13.2%

2015 1,394,924,379 2.3% 215,850,720 15.0%

2016 1,413,587,431 2.2% 227,841,600 14.0%

2017 1,527,434,857 2.5% 253,523,515 15.1%

2018 1,600,723,570 2.7% 264,756,629 16.2%

Note: Mid-Atlantic Ports are those ports located in the U.S. Customs districts of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Norfolk .4

Top U.S. Port Rankings - Exports

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RANK U.S. PORT 2018 2017

1 Houston 131,836,879 109,069,527

2 New Orleans 88,725,667 87,198,305

3 Gramercy 59,647,711 53,558,795

4 Virginia Ports 57,487,912 51,058,336

5 Corpus Christi 47,553,965 40,945,393

6 Beaumont 34,968,639 28,616,906

7 Baton Rouge 29,899,731 26,384,326

8 Baltimore 28,799,201 24,574,247

9 Lake Charles 28,133,149 21,934,942

10 SeaTac 24,891,921 24,283,665

11 Port Arthur 24,220,081 19,324,418

12 Long Beach 23,958,860 23,989,036

13 Los Angeles 22,255,281 21,006,001

14 Georgia Ports 20,566,850 19,520,166

15 Port of NY/NJ 18,125,014 18,297,500

16 Mobile 17,330,452 16,155,999

17 Texas City 15,895,787 11,458,900

18 Kalama, WA 14,791,835 13,790,004

19 Portland, OR 14,403,748 12,961,140

20 Freeport, TX 13,695,730 10,237,588

21 Longview, WA 13,053,756 11,828,517

22 Oakland 10,125,638 10,350,917

23 Buffalo-Niagara Falls 9,808,562 8,612,843

24 Pascagoula 8,997,959 7,990,446

25 So Carolina Ports 8,888,264 6,813,571

All U.S. Ports 867,514,045 775,594,285


1 Houston $ 90,159 $ 71,846

2 Port of NY/NJ $ 44,823 $ 42,673

3 Los Angeles $ 35,915 $ 35,454

4 Long Beach $ 34,182 $ 33,780

5 Georgia Ports $ 32,285 $ 31,503

6 New Orleans $ 31,692 $ 29,428

7 Virginia Ports $ 30,108 $ 31,741

8 So Carolina Ports $ 25,964 $ 24,873

9 Corpus Christi $ 22,333 $ 15,795

10 Oakland $ 19,327 $ 19,200

11 Baltimore $ 16,848 $ 15,874

12 SeaTac $ 16,558 $ 16,945

13 Gramercy $ 16,433 $ 14,545

14 Beaumont $ 16,049 $ 11,167

15 Port Everglades $ 12,635 $ 12,095

16 Miami $ 9,812 $ 9,446

17 Port Arthur $ 9,545 $ 5,697

18 Baton Rouge $ 8,863 $ 7,553

19 Lake Charles $ 8,485 $ 6,667

20 Texas City $ 7,937 $ 5,154

21 Freeport, TX $ 7,703 $ 5,459

22 Jacksonville $ 6,479 $ 5,977

23 Mobile $ 6,273 $ 5,951

24 No Carolina Ports $ 5,927 $ 4,622

25 Portland, OR $ 5,052 $ 5,030

All U.S. Ports $ 585,231 $ 526,250

Tons Value ($ millions)

Top U.S. Port Rankings - Imports

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1 Houston 69,703,294 71,785,683

2 Port of NY/NJ 67,045,779 63,328,997

3 Los Angeles 58,123,132 57,545,890

4 New Orleans 38,917,636 40,597,452

5 Long Beach 29,750,591 29,582,160

6 Port Arthur 28,700,351 31,209,723

7 Wilmington, DE 23,014,981 23,987,212

8 Georgia Ports 22,373,053 20,557,191

9 Philadelphia 21,997,031 19,405,619

10 Gramercy 20,571,346 22,179,052

11 Corpus Christi 19,286,701 22,115,262

12 Mobile 19,259,461 20,022,686

13 SeaTac 15,920,737 15,601,086

14 Lake Charles 15,917,371 15,939,620

15 Morgan City 15,377,055 23,412,854

16 Baltimore 14,193,921 13,639,450


18 Richmond, CA 13,393,444 13,698,532

19 El Segundo, CA 12,920,197 11,835,234

20 Virginia Ports 12,339,750 12,098,514

21 Boston 9,272,845 11,013,881

22 Martinez, CA 8,766,108 8,510,697

23 Pascagoula 7,811,294 8,801,449

24 Tampa 7,784,887 7,021,565

25 Oakland 7,545,351 7,592,063

All U.S. Ports 733,209,057 751,840,357


1 Los Angeles $ 261,133 $ 248,485

2 Port of NY/NJ $ 162,004 $ 147,067

3 Georgia Ports $ 87,231 $ 76,172

4 Long Beach $ 74,984 $ 66,116

5 Houston $ 69,090 $ 59,629

6 SeaTac $ 60,952 $ 58,300

7 Virginia Ports $ 49,228 $ 46,016


9 Baltimore $ 42,875 $ 38,088

10 Oakland $ 29,877 $ 28,590

11 New Orleans $ 21,679 $ 20,742

12 Philadelphia $ 20,514 $ 17,907

13 Jacksonville $ 19,199 $ 19,345

14 Miami $ 15,852 $ 14,448

15 Mobile $ 12,429 $ 10,954

16 Port Everglades $ 11,769 $ 11,077

17 Port Arthur $ 11,660 $ 9,641

18 Wilmington, DE $ 10,944 $ 8,900

19 Boston $ 9,231 $ 8,218

20 Port Hueneme, CA $ 8,861 $ 8,708

21 Providence, RI $ 8,734 $ 8,288

22 Richmond, CA $ 8,414 $ 7,067

23 San Juan $ 7,336 $ 5,758

24 Corpus Christi $ 7,173 $ 6,938

25 Chester, PA $ 6,888 $ 6,827

All U.S. Ports $ 1,176,370 $ 1,075,947


Top U.S. Port Rankings – Total (Imports and Exports)

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1 Houston 201,540,173 180,855,210

2 New Orleans 127,643,304 127,795,757

3 Port of NY/NJ 85,170,792 81,626,497

4 Los Angeles 80,378,413 78,551,891

5 Gramercy 80,219,057 75,737,847

6 Virginia Ports 69,827,662 63,156,849

7 Corpus Christi 66,840,666 63,060,655

8 Long Beach 53,709,451 53,571,196

9 Port Arthur 52,920,432 50,534,141

10 Lake Charles 44,050,520 37,874,562

11 Baltimore 42,993,122 38,213,697

12 Georgia Ports 42,939,903 40,077,356

13 Beaumont 41,836,443 34,358,309

14 SeaTac 40,812,658 39,884,751

15 Baton Rouge 37,123,012 33,419,070

16 Mobile 36,589,914 36,178,686

17 Philadelphia 26,240,705 25,543,116

18 Wilmington, DE 25,108,054 25,704,747


20 Freeport, TX 21,139,140 19,556,790

21 Texas City 20,463,403 22,336,398

22 Morgan City 18,786,765 23,725,942

23 Richmond, CA 18,187,199 18,877,707

24 Oakland 17,670,989 17,942,979

25 Portland, OR 17,005,087 15,112,232

All U.S. Ports 1,600,723,570 1,527,434,857


1 Los Angeles $ 297,048 $ 283,940

2 Port of NY/NJ $ 206,827 $ 189,740

3 Houston $ 159,249 $ 131,474

4 Georgia Ports $ 119,516 $ 107,675

5 Long Beach $ 109,166 $ 99,897

6 Virginia Ports $ 79,336 $ 77,757

7 SeaTac $ 77,510 $ 75,245


9 Baltimore $ 59,723 $ 53,962

10 New Orleans $ 53,371 $ 50,171

11 Oakland $ 49,203 $ 47,790

12 Corpus Christi $ 29,506 $ 22,733

13 Jacksonville $ 25,678 $ 25,322

14 Miami $ 25,665 $ 23,894

15 Philadelphia $ 24,598 $ 22,561

16 Port Everglades $ 24,404 $ 23,173

17 Port Arthur $ 21,205 $ 15,338

18 Gramercy $ 21,100 $ 19,203

19 Beaumont $ 18,777 $ 13,240

20 Mobile $ 18,703 $ 16,905

21 Lake Charles $ 14,291 $ 11,178

22 Wilmington, DE $ 13,821 $ 11,367

23 San Juan $ 12,218 $ 9,902

24 Baton Rouge $ 11,907 $ 9,930

25 Portland, OR $11,843 $ 10,485

All U.S. Ports $ 1,761,609 $ 1,602,201


2018 Port of Baltimore Top Commodities / Trade Partners

Top Trading Partners

Export Country Export Tons Import Country Import Tons

India 10,053,816 Brazil 1,821,992

Japan 4,132,347 China 1,487,109

South Korea 2,145,693 Canada 1,010,991

Netherlands 1,737,712 Mexico 660,174

China 1,225,318 Russia 638,233

Brazil 1,029,754 Germany 631,830

Egypt 1,024,809 Chile 612,813

Ukraine 846,649 Italy 576,841

Germany 603,569 Finland 496,620

Thailand 531,878 Japan 483,302

Top Commodities -Tons

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Export CommodityExport Tons

Import CommodityImport Tons

Coal 21,529,219 Automobiles/Light Trucks 1,148,853

LNG 3,317,173 Slag 806,922

Waste Paper 961,758 Salt 800,856

Ferrous Scrap 475,649 Sugar 794,640

Automobiles / Light Trucks 391,473 Gypsum 745,809

Logs / Lumber 355,556 Aluminum, unwrought 717,551

Agriculture Equipment 153,940 Paper/Paperboard 701,239

Crude Oil 146,073Plywood/Veneer/Particle

Board508,010

Oil (Non-Crude) from Petroleum / Bitumen

138,891 Fertilizers 405,503

Zinc Ore 109,615 Furniture 392,518

Meat 85,138 Wood Pulp 362,116

Export CommodityExport Value

Import CommodityImport Value

Automobiles/Light Trucks $ 5,114 Automobiles/Light Trucks $ 15,793

Coal $ 2,235 Aluminum, unwrought $ 1,549

Agricultural Equipment $ 1,405 Construction Equipment $ 1,492

LNG $ 1,156 Furniture $ 1,066

Helicopters $ 267 Vaccines $ 986

Radar Apparatus $ 255 Agriculture Equipment $ 977

Civilian Aircraft / Parts $ 247 Nickle, unwrought $ 818

Special Purpose Vehicles $ 229 Ferroalloys $ 738

Trucks with Lifts $ 221 Tin, unwrought $ 626

Construction Equipment $ 217 Aluminum Plates/Sheets $ 569

Top Commodities - Value ($ millions)

ContinentExport Value

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Africa $ 839.6 $ 999.6

Asia $ 5,231.3 $ 13,362.6

Australia $ 1,103.7 $ 453.8

Europe $ 6,570.9 $ 22,273.2

North America $ 1,046.4 $ 2,642.1

South America $ 2,056.0 $ 3,133.5

Continent Export Tons Import Tons

Africa 1,262,548 552,584

Asia 18,856,574 3,754,389

Australia / Oceania 121,529 98,733

Europe 5,567,997 4,789,032

North America 1,030,949 2,182,607

South America 1,959,605 2,816,577

2018 POB Foreign Cargo Tons Breakdown

Coal Exports50%

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General Cargo Exports7%

General Cargo Imports21%

Other Bulk Imports6%

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2018 Bulk Cargo Summary (tons)Export Commodity 2018 2017 Change

Coal 21,529,219 20,614,540 4.4%

LNG 3,317,173 0 n/a

Ferrous Scrap 328,453 244,413 34.4%

Other Bulk Exports 438,018 357,391 22.6%

Total Bulk Exports 25,612,191 21,215,673 20.7%

Export General Cargo 3,187,010 3,358,574 -5.1%

Total Export Cargo 28,799,201 24,574,247 17.2%

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Import Commodity 2018 2017 Change

Slag from Iron & Steel Mfg 806,922 814,614 -0.9%

Salt 800,856 522,586 53.2%

Sugar 794,640 744,799 6.7%

Gypsum 745,809 775,253 -3.8%

Fertilizers 405,503 361,496 12.2%

Alumina 307,364 305,589 0.6%

Bitumen 278,120 337,329 -70.0%

Oil (non Crude) 197,951 187,419 5.6%

Molasses 80,692 98,571 -18.1%

Other Bulk Imports 453,161 497,417 -8.8%

Total Bulk Imports 4,871,018 4,645,073 4.9%

Import General Cargo 9,322,903 8,994,377 3.7%

Total Import Cargo 14,193,921 13,639,450 -1.3%

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Maryland Port Administration Container Summary(millions of tons)

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2018 Foreign Commerce Statistical Report · Coal and LNG exports were the primary reason for the ports overall increase in tons. Coal exports continue to set records ... 30.515 29.531