Joc Top 100 Exporters

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JOC TOP 100 EXPORTERS in 2014: U.S. FOREIGN TRADE VIA OCEAN CONTAINER TRANSPORT

2014

RANK JOC TOP 100 EXPORTERS

TEUS IN 2014

HEADQUARTERS SECTOR NOTES

1 AMERICA CHUNG NAM 335,400 City of Industry, Calif.

Paper & Plastics Recyclables; Animal

Feed/Grains

Recovered wastepaper exporter, the primary supplier to Nine Dragons Paper Industries, which is Chinas largest containerboard manufacturer. Also exports plastic scrap, animal feeds/grains and wines to China and other Asian countries.

2 KOCH INDUSTRIES 239,800 Wichita, Kan. Conglomerate Private U.S. company. Major units include Georgia-Pacific, GP Harmon Recycling, and Invista. Acquired Buckeye Technologies in 2013.

3 INTERNATIONAL PAPER 157,300 Memphis Paper/Packaging

Global paper and packaging company with operations in North America, Europe, Latin America, Russia, Asia and North Africa. 2014 net sales of $24 billion. Owns Temple-Inland. Its xpedx BtoB distribution business merged with Unisource in 2014 forming Veritiv.

4 DELONG 111,900 Clinton, Wis. Animal Feed/Grain

Family owned trading company in agronomy, grain and seed business. An 8.8-acre grain export facility at the Logistics Park in Kansas City. Transport unit is DeLco Transport International.

5 DENISON INTERNATIONAL 104,400 Diamond Bar, Calif.

Paper/Recyclables Exports paper for recycling mainly to mainland China via California ports and the Port of New York and New Jersey.

6 DUPONT 102,500 Wilmington, Del. Diversified DuPont is separating its chemicals business into a new company, Chemours, effective July 1, 2015.

7 MEADWESTVACO/ROCKTENN 93,800 Richmond, Va.; Norcross, Ga.

Paper/Packaging

MWV and RockTenn will combine as WestRock, WRK on NYSE. Holding U.S. antitrust approval, deal will likely close in June. WestRock will operate more than 300 facilities in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

8 SIMS METAL MANAGEMENT 84,400 New York Metals &

Electronics/Recyclables

Metals and electronics recycler withmore than 250 facilities worldwide. Approximately 60 percent of its global revenue is from North America operations.

9 NEWPORT CH INTL. 80,500 Orange, Calif. Paper/Metals /Plastics

Recyclables

A partnership with Canusa Hershman Recycling. Trades, brokers and markets recyclable paper, plastics and metals to Asia, mostly to China.

10 POTENTIAL INDUSTRIES 78,200 Wilmington, Calif. Paper/Recyclables Exports paper for recycling, primarily from California and New York-New Jersey to mainland China. Rail access at recycling facility.

11 WEYERHAEUSER 72,400 Federal Way, Wash.

Forest/Wood Products

Moving HQ to Seattle in 2016. Timberlands, wood and cellulose fiber products company had $7.4 billion in 2014 sales. The REIT owns 7 million acres of timberlands primarily in the U.S. The hardwood operations and Westwood Shipping Lines were sold in 2011.

TIE 12 JC HORIZON 70,900 Ontario, Calif. Paper/Metals/Plastics

Recyclables

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

TIE 12 SHINTECH 70,900 Houston Chemicals Largest U.S. producer of polyvinyl chloride, synthetic resin. Parent is Shin-Etsu Chemical of Japan.

14 LANSING TRADE GROUP 65,400 Overland Park, Kansas

Chemicals

Trades whole grains and oil seeds, feed ingredients, and energy products. In 2014 completed its high-speed shuttle train facility on the Union Pacific Railroad near Grayridge, Missiouri, capable of loading 110-car shuttle trains. Titan-Lansing Transloading handles frac sand and crude oil in the Texas Permian Basin.

15 INTERNATIONAL FOREST PRODUCTS

63,700 Foxboro, Mass. 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.

16 CARGILL 63,500 Wayzata, Minn. Conglomerate Private U.S. company. New $100 million cocoa processing plant in Gresik, Indonesia, began operations in December 2014. Owns zero-calorie sweetener Truvia, a Stevia leaf extract.

17 BASF NORTH AMERICA 63,200 Florham Park, N.J. Chemicals-Diversified

North American affiliate of BASF SE, headquartered in Ludwigshafen, Germany, with global sales of $20.6 billion in 2014. Major facilities in the U.S. are in Geismar, Louisiana, and Freeport, Texas.

18 CYCLE LINK 62,900 Diamond Bar, Calif.

Recyclables

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

19 JBS-SWIFT USA 61,900 Greeley, Colo. Refrigerated

Meats/Poultry

Brazil's JBS Group, an animal protein processing company for food, leather, pet products and biodiesel products operates more than 100 plants worldwide, including the U.S., Australia, Canada, Puerto Rico and


Mexico among others. Owns and controls 75 percent of Pilgrim's Pride, which bought Tyson Foods' Brazilian and Mexican poultry business.

20 ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND 59,100 Chicago, Ill. Agriculture

Agricultural processor for food ingredients has 300 ingredient manufacturing facilities and 460 crop procurement facilities. To sell its global cocoa business to Olam and its chocolate business to Cargill. Owns or leases 2,600 barges, 28,100 railcars, 600 trucks, 1,300 trailers and 41 ships.

21 WM RECYCLE AMERICA 57,200 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.

22 DOW CHEMICAL 56,600 Midland, Mich. Diversified

Diversified portfolio of specialty chemical, advanced materials, agrosciences and plastics businesses with $58 billion in 2014 sales. Owns Rohm & Haas, Union Carbide. Received $2.16 billion from K-Dow arbitration. To divest Angus Chemical. To fully own Univation Technologies later this year. New Texas ethylene production plant to start up in 2017.

23 CELLMARK GROUP 54,500 Norwalk, Conn.; San Rafael, Calif.

Paper/Paper Products/Recyclables

The paper, packaging and recycling divisions are based in the U.S. Only the pulp business is based in Sweden at parent Cellmark. Sources 70 countries with sales in 120 countries. Opened a metals and a chemical division.

24 EXXONMOBIL CHEMICAL 53,100 Houston Chemicals

ExxonMobil subsidiary. The largest U.S. integrated refining-chemical complex at Baytown, Texas, started construction for a new new multibillion-dollar world-scale ethane cracker in June 2014. Broke ground on butyl rubber and hydrocarbon resin plants in Singapore in October 2014.

25 TRANS COASTAL SUPPLY 52,000 Decatur, Ill. Animal Feed/Grain Established in 2007. Markets grains and feed ingredients to primarily Asian destinations. Provides transloading.

26 SCOULAR 51,100 Omaha 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.

27

LOUIS DREYFUS COMMODITIES; ALLENBERG COTTON

50,200 Cordova, Tenn. Cotton/Diversified

A global merchandizer of commodities and processor of agricultural goods. The cotton merchandising division of Paris-based Louis Dreyfus Group acquired the U.S. cotton business of Allenburg Cotton and Dunavant Enterprises.

28 TYSON FOODS 50,100 Springdale, Ark. Refrigerated

Meats/Poultry

Processes and markets beef, poultry and pork and produces prepared food products. In-country poultry operations in India and China. Sold Mexico and Brazil operations to Pilgrim's Pride, JBS. Completed acquisition of Hillshire Brands in August 2014.

29 GAVILON 48,300 Omaha, NE. Animal Feed/Grain

Agriculture, fertilizer and energy commodity management. A past unit of Conagra, thereafter privatized with aquisition by Marubeni in 2013. Has 300 facilities worldwide.

30 CATERPILLAR 46,100 Peoria, Ill. Mfg-Machinery Manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. Total 2014 sales and revenue were $55.2 billion.

31 CEDARWOOD-YOUNG (ALLAN CO.)

45,300 Baldwin Park, Calif.

Paper/Recyclables

Processes more than a million tons a year of paper, glass, plastics, aluminum, non-ferrous metals and other recyclables in 12 California plants. Markets recovered fibers to 20 countries.

32 AJC INTL. 37,400 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.

33 AL DAHRA ACX GLOBAL 37,300 Bakersfield Calif. Animal Feed/Grain

Previously branded as ACX Pacific Northwest. Owns and operates hay processing plants in Ellensburg, Washington; Stockton and Wilmington, California. A member of the Al Dahra Agricultural group of companies of the United Arab Emirates. Al Dahra USA is headquartered at Bakersfield, California.

34 DOMTAR 36,000 Fort Mill, S.C.; Montreal

Paper /Forest Products

North American manufacturer and distributor headquartered in Montreal had revenue of $5.6 billion in 2014. 83 percent of its business is in paper/pulp and 17 percent in personal care sector through its acquisition of Attends Healthcare.

35 ARMY & AIR FORCE EXCHANGE SERVICE

34,000 Dallas Retail

Part of the Department of Defense, the military retailer operates more than 2,448 facilities in the U.S. and worldwide. 98 percent funded through its sales with only 2 percent appropriated for mostly overseas operations. It sells at low price via on-base locations as well as an online and mobile exchange at www.shopmyexchange.com to authorized customers.


36 WAL-MART STORES 33,900 Bentonville, Ark. Retail

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

TIE 37 ADVANCED STEEL RECOVERY

33,600 Fontana, Calif. Metals/Recyclables

Privately owned firm automates the containerization of industrial scrap steel and non-ferrous metals through their patented FASTek machinery invention. Full-service pick-up, processing and direct mill delivery. Offers client online inventory, removal and payment tracking.

TIE 37 PROCTER & GAMBLE 33,600 Cincinnati Mfg-Consumer Products Now 177 years in business with sales in 180 countries. Brands include Iams, Febreze, Cover Girl, Gillette, Olay, Old Spice, Mr. Clean, Duracell, Charmin, Bounty, Prilosec, among others.

39 EASTMAN CHEMICAL 32,600 Kingsport, Tenn. Chemicals/Fibers/Plastics

Total 2014 revenue was $9.5 billion. Taminco, Commonwealth Laminating & Coating, and aviation turbine oil businesses were acquired in 2014. Completed capacity expansion of its Eastman 168 non-phthalate plasticizers at its manufacturing facility in Texas City, Texas, by approximately 15 percent in September 2014.

40 ANDERSON HAY & GRAIN 31,600 Ellensburg, Wash Animal Feed

Works with a network of family owned farms. Exports to Asia hay and straw products from Washington and Oregon and their Wilmington, California, processing plant. Their three harvesting companies are Anderson Agri, MTA Farms, and Anderson Harvesting.

41 MILITARY SURFACE DEPLOYMENT & DISTRIBUTION COMMAND

31,400 Scott Air Force Base, Ill.

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.

42 RAYONIER 31,000 Jacksonville, Fla. Forest Timberlands

Structured as a timber real estate investment trust with 2.7 million acres of timberland holdings. In 2014, spun-off its Performance Fibers business into a new publicly traded company, Rayonier Advanced Materials.

43 PRICE SMART 30,800 San Diego Membership Warehouse

Club

Price Club founders have more than 36 owned and operated warehouse clubs in Central America, the Caribbean and South America. Three clubs in Colombia and a club in Honduras opened in 2014. A club in Panama to open later this year.

TIE 44 RIO TINTO MINERALS 28,100 Greenwood Village, Colo.

Minerals

The U.S. mineral group of Rio Tinto produces U.S. Borax borates. Also in the U.S. are the Kennecott copper mines in Utah and the Resolution coppper project in Arizona. The Luzenac talc business was sold to Imerys in August 2011.

TIE 44 GILDAN ACTIVEWEAR 28,100 Montreal Apparel Mfg.

Manufacturer and marketer of knit apparel for logo, screen-print markets and work uniforms. Sock and underwear supplier operates vertically integrated, manufacturing facilities that are primarily located in Central America and the Caribbean Basin.

46 3M 28,000 St. Paul, Minn. Diversified

$31.8 billion in 2014 sales with 88 U.S. plants and 127 overseas facilities. 63 percent of 2014 sales was international. Announced plans to acquire Polypores Separations Media business for $1 billion.

47 FORD MOTOR 26,900 Dearborn, Mich. Mfg-Automobiles Has 66 plants worldwide. Ford opened its sixth assembly plant in China in Hangzhou in March 2015, increasing capacity by 250,000 vehicles.

48 TOYOTA TSUSHO AMERICA 26,500 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.

TIE 49 ASCEND PERFORMANCE MATERIALS

26,400 Houston Chemicals/Fibers/Plastics

Monsanto spun-off its chemical business to form Solutia, which is now owned by Eastman Chemical. SK Capital Partners bought the former integrated nylon unit of Solutia in 2009 to form Ascend Performance Materials.

TIE 49 SMITHFIELD FOODS 26,400 Smithfield, Va. Food/Refrigerated

Hog producer and pork processor firm with consumer packaged meats specialty. Sold its Smithfield Beef unit to JBS Group in 2008. Its Butterball turkey business was sold in 2010 to Maxwell Farms. Some of the brands are Farmland Foods, Armour-Eckrich, John Morrell. Shuanghui International of China, now known as WH Group Ltd., acquired Smithfield Foods in 2013.

51 JOHN DEERE 25,700 Moline, Ill. Mfg-Equipment

An expanded parts distribution facility in Campinas, Brazil, will open later this year. Overseas, Deere has six factories in China, five in Brazil, four in India, four in Mexico, two in Russia, among others. In the U.S., there are factories in 11 states.

52 KIMBERLY-CLARK 25,600 Dallas Mfg-Consumer Goods

Health and hygiene company operates in 36 countries with its brands sold in more than 175 countries. Brands include Kleenex, Scott, Huggies and others. Halyard Health spun-off in October 2014.

53 GENESIS RESOURCE 25,500 Springfield, N.J. Paper/Recyclables Affiliated with Pacific Genesis Resources and Sihu Singapore. Exports


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

54 MERCEDES BENZ USA 24,500 Montvale, N.J. Automobiles

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

55 DAVID J. JOSEPH 24,400 Cincinnati Metal/Recyclables

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

56 EKMAN GROUP 23,400 Gothenburg, Miami, Hong Kong

Paper/Recyclables

Ekman Group of Sweden acquired materials recovery firm KC International and formed Ekman Recycling more than a decade ago. Paper and plastics specialist services include financing, equipment and brokerage.

57 BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY COMPANIES

23,100 Throughout U.S. Diversified

Among Warren Buffet's companies that export are Fruit of the Loom/Union Underwear, Lubrizol, Benjamin Moore, Shaw Industries, Johns Manville, and others. Also owns BNSF and XTRA Corp.

58 MICHELIN NORTH AMERICA 23,000 Greenville, S.C. Mfg-Tire & Rubber

Michelin North America operates 68 plants in 17 countries. The 10-year $1.7 billion U.S. military contract for all ground and aircraft tires ends in 2017. In e-commerce strategy, bought BlackCircles.com, leading tire e-tailer in the U.K. and a 40 percent stake in French tire e-tailer Allopneu SAS.

59 RAVAGO GROUP 22,500 Orlando, Fla. Plastics, Rubber &

Chemicals

Ravago Group members in the Americas include Muehlstein, Channel Prime Alliance, Entec, GeoChem and Ravago Manufacturing. Global headquarters is in Belgium.

60 MEGA FIBER 22,000 Brea, Calif. Paper/Recyclables Exports paper for recycling to mainland China via California ports.

61 NESTLE 21,800 Glendale, Calif.; St. Louis; Greenwich, Conn.

Food/Beverages/Pet Food

Swiss parent is the world's largest food company. Brands include Nespresso, Purina, Nestle Waters, Stouffers, Lean Cuisine, others. In 2014, organic growth was broad-based, 5.4 percent in the Americas, 1.9 percent in Europe and 5.7 percent in Asia, Oceania and Africa.

62 OGO FIBERS 21,600 Richmond Hill, Ontario; Summerville, S.C.

Paper/Recyclables A member of the OGO Group. Sourcing in North America and Europe for the Asian market.

63 RESOURCE MANAGEMENT COS. INTL.

20,800 City of Industry, Calif.

Paper/Recyclables Exports paper for recycling to Asia, primarily to mainland China.

64 ITOCHU INTL. 19,100 New York Diversified

North American unit of parent trading company Itochu Japan. Bought Dole's packaged foods and Asia fresh businesses in April 2013. Parent company investing $5 billion in China's largest conglomerate, Citic.

65 JORDAN TRADING 18,900 Kingston, N.Y. Paper/Recyclables Exports recovered paper primarily to Asia with some to Central and South America.

66 DOLE FOOD 18,700 West Lake Village, Calif.

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

67 OLAM INTERNATIONAL 18,400 Fresno, Calif. Cotton/Spices &

Vegetables

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

68 GRAPHIC PACKAGING HOLDING

18,300 Marietta, Ga. Paper Products

Exports packaging for the beverage and consumer product industries. Has 26 converting plants in North America. Makes folding cartons, coated-unbleached kraft, coated-recycled boxboard and specialty packaging. Serves Europe, Latin America, Australia and Asia markets.

TIE 69 SABIC INNOVATIVE PLASTICS

18,000 Pittsfield, Mass. 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.

TIE 69 G.A. PAPER INTL. 18,000 Tampa, Fla.; Markham, Canada

Paper/Recyclables Head office in Markham, Ontario. Exports paper, Europe pulp and containerboard primarily to the Middle East, North Africa and the Mediterranean.

71 CONAGRA FOODS 17,900 Omaha Food-Diversified

Packaged food company acquired Blakes All Natural Foods in May 2015. Owns Ralcorp, Hebrew National, Lamb Weston, Wesson, Hunt's, Marie Callendar's, among others.

TIE 72 PEREZ TRADING 17,800 Miami Paper/Packaging

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


TIE 72 KAPSTONE PAPER AND PACKAGING

17,800 Northbrook, Ill. Paper/Paper Products

Acquired U.S. Corregated and its 14 plants and recycled paper mill to form KapStone Container Corp. several years ago. KapStone tripled its size when it bought the Charleston Kraft business from MeadWestvaco thereafter.

74 BAILLIE LUMBER 16,900 Hamburg, N.Y. Forest/Wood Products Logs, lumber and proprietary grade lumber products. Private hardwood lumber company has production facilities in the eastern United States.

75 CENTRAL NATIONAL GOTTESMAN

16,800 Purchase, N.Y. Paper Products/Pulp

A privately held pulp, paper, packaging and tissue company. CNG bought Bradner National of Illinois in 2013 to complement the Lindemeyr division and enhance the Midwest network. Bought Spicers Paper Canada in 2015.

76 IMERYS 16,700 Paris Minerals Mineral-based specialties in industrial applications in 234 industrial sites worldwide. Expertise in geology and mining.

77 MITSUI & CO. (USA) 16,300 New York Conglomerate

Largest overseas subsidiary of Japan's Mitsui & Co., a diversified global trading, investment, and service enterprise with a global network of 140 offices in 65 countries.

TIE 78 WH INTERNATIONAL 16,000 Lynnwood, Wash. Logs & Lumber Exports through Seattle and Tacoma, mostly to China and South Korea.

TIE 78 SEARS HOLDING 16,000 Hoffman Estates, Ill.

Retail-Consumer Goods

Operating parent of Kmart and Sears since 2005. Operates 1,700 stores in U.S. and Canada and closed 234 underperforming stores in 2014. Spun-off Land's End in 2014, but kept its shops in Sears stores. Among its brands are Kenmore, Craftsman, DieHard, Kardashian Kollection, Joe Boxer and Sandra by Sandra Lee.

80 ACTIVE MINERALS INTERNATIONAL

15,900 Sparks, Md. Minerals

Industrial minerals supplier of gel quality attapulgite clay, air float kaolin, combined silica and fluorspar minerals, to the glass manufacturing market.

81 STAPLE COTTON COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION

15,800 Greenwood, Miss. Cotton Cotton cooperative for Mid-South and Southeastern upland cotton crop. Offers crop financing, warehousing and marketing.

TIE 82 CGB ENTERPRISES 15,700 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.

TIE 82 FORNAZOR INTERNATIONAL 15,700 Hillsdale, N.J. Animal Feed Exporting since 1979, specializing in grain, feed ingredients and forage.

84 T&T GROUP 15,500 Humble, Texas Chemicals/Recyclables Exports plastic scrap and synthetic resins to reprocessing and compounding plants located in the Guangdong province of China.

85 VINMAR INTERNATIONAL 15,400 Houston Chemicals Global polymer and chemical marketing organization and project specialist. Offers financing.

86 GLENCORE 15,300 Stamford, Conn. Diversified

Headquarted in Baar Switzerland, Glencore, an integrated producer and marketer of commodities, completed its merger with Xstrata in May 2013. There are more than 90 offices in more than 50 countries with metals and minerals, energy and agricultural natural resource interests. Corporate name has since reverted back to Glencore.

87 DEFENSE COMMISSARY AGENCY

15,200 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.

88 LAMEX FOODS 14,600 Minneapolis Frozen Foods Traders in frozen and chilled foods with 16 offices in 13 countries. Corporate headquarters are in England. Lamex Agrifoods opened in 2011.

89 RESOLUTE FOREST PRODUCTS

14,500 Montreal Paper/Pulp /Wood

Products

Previously known as AbitibiBowater and emerged from bankruptcy protection in U.S. and Canada five years ago. Has 40 facilities in the U.S., Canada and South Korea, and markets to more than 80 countries. Sales of $4.3 billion in 2014.

TIE 90 KAMIN 13,800 Macon, Ga. Minerals-Clay

Previously part of JM Huber, now owned by Imin Partners. Operates three mines at Macon, Sandersville and Wrens, Georgia. Produces and exports kaolin clay, primarily to Asia via the Port of Savannah. Acquired Cadem in 2012.

TIE 90 ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV 13,800 St. Louis, Mo. Beverages

Leuven, Belgium based. More than 200 beer brands including Budweiser Corona, Stella Artois, Becks, others. Global revenue of $47.1 billion in 2014.

TIE 90 CALAWAY TRADING 13,800 Ellensburg, Wash. Animal Feed & Forage Exports hay from U.S. West Coast to Korea, Japan, China, and the United Arab Emirates.


93 METIS INTERNATIONAL 13,700 Cerritos, Calif. Paper/Recyclables Exports recovered wastepaper to China and South Korea.

94 MILLS BROTHERS INTERNATIONAL

13,300 Seattle Food/Grain Family owned grain, feed and seed export trading company. Global Harvest Foods subsidiary. West Coast exports to Asia.

95 SINO PAPER 12,600 Anaheim, Calif. Paper/Recyclables Exports recovered wastepaper to China.

TIE 96 ZEN-NOH GRAIN 12,300 Covington, La. Animal Feed/Grain

Zen-Noh Group Companies, Tokyo-based federation of agricultural cooperatives owns Zen-Noh Grain, specialist in grain and animal feed exports to Japan. Zen-Noh is a part owner of CGB Enterprises, ranked No. 82

TIE 96 ZEN TRADING 12,300 San Francisco Animal Feed/Grain Animal feed and hay via the West Coast ports to Asia, primarily to Japan.

98 TRANS PACIFIC TRADING 12,100 Richmond, B.C. Lumber

Hampton Affiliates of Portland, also known as Hampton Lumber Sales, acquired firm in August 2012. Specializes in soft and hardwood lumber sales, primarily to Japan and China.

TIE 99 AMERICA METAL EXPORT 12,000 Alhambra, Calif. Metal Recyclables Exports copper scrap to Zhejiang Tianshen Copper in China, a producer and manager of copper alloys.

TIE 99 THIELE KAOLIN 12,000 Sandersville, Ga. Minerals

Processed kaolin clay facilities in North America and Europe. Thiele mines, processes, blends and delivers the full spectrum of kaolin coating and filler pigments for various applications.

TIE 99 HUSQVARNA GROUP 12,000 Charlotte, N.C.; Olathe, Kansas

Outdoor Machinery/Equipment

Power products including chain saws, trimmers, robotic lawn mowers and garden tractors sold via dealers and retailers. Head office is in Stockholm. The U.S. Forest and Garden goup is based in Charlotte, North Carolina, and the Construction group is in Olathe, Kansas.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, contact Marsha Salisbury, JOC research editor, [email protected], 973-776-7828.

About the Rankings

The Journal of Commerce's annual Top 100 U.S. Importers and Exporters ranking begins with data from PIERS, a sister product of the JOC within IHS Maritime & Trade, and is enhanced by information gathered from

other industry sources.

The figures are expressed in 20-foot-equivalent units, or TEUs, the most common measurement of containerized ocean shipping. One standard 40-foot ocean container equals two TEUs.

These lists are restricted to shippers beneficial owners of containerized cargo that entered or exited U.S. ports by ocean vessel during 2014. 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 import and export cargoes into

and out of the U.S. via air, rail or truck are not included.

In tandem with last year's ranking and considerable industry research, the list also identifies corporate subsidiaries and strives to reflect any changes in corporate status related to mergers, acquisitions, spinoffs,

formal name changes or bankruptcy filings. We also identify the location of corporate headquarters and, if the global headquarters is outside the U.S., the parent company. We indicate a website if one is available

and the industry sector, adding a short note about each company, often recent news or an interesting fact.

These rankings represent our best approximation of the total international oceanborne shipments by these companies and their subsidiaries. We welcome your feedback.

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