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Table 12.I.U

Top 10 Air Trade Commodities in the NY/NJ Region
Revenue Freight In Short Tons
2011

 
  Rank Commodities Total Imports Tons Dollars  
  Short Tons $ in 000's % of Total  
  1 Machinery
143,214
15,927,558
18.9
15.1
 
  2 Electrical Machinery
70,125
11,355,267
9.3
10.8
 
  3 Woven Apparel
64,024
2,917,811
8.5
2.8
 
  4 Knit Apparel
44,367
1,570,865
5.9
1.5
 
  5 Fish & SeaFood
43,179
286,120
5.7
0.3
 
  6 Optical,Medical Instruments
40,556
7,262,728
5.4
6.9
 
  7 Vehicle, Not Railway
27,769
354,979
3.7
0.3
 
  8 Plastic
27,324
612,023
3.6
0.6
 
  9 Footwear
24,913
1,134,526
3.3
1.1
 
  10 Pharmaceutical Products
20,755
9,167,453
2.8
8.7
 
 
All Others
250,081
54,597,694
32.9
51.9
 
 
Total
756,354
105,187,024
100
100
 
     
  Rank Commodities Total Exports Tons Dollars  
  Short Tons $ in 000's % of Total  
  1 Machinery
108,583
10,854,997
15.8
10.7
 
  2 Electrical Machinery
60,998
9,685,191
8.9
9.5
 
  3 Plastics
44,291
1,215,608
6.5
1.2
 
  4 Optical,Medical Instruments
42,064
8,348,469
6.1
8.2
 
  5 Iron & Steel products
30,771
456,562
4.5
0.5
 
  6 Iron & Steel
26,991
118,143
3.9
0.1
 
  7 Paper, paperboard
24,200
130,616
3.5
0.1
 
  8 Pharmaceutical Products
23,084
6,320,740
3.4
6.2
 
  9 Perfumery, Cosmetics products
23,080
677,181
3.4
0.7
 
  10 Misc Chemicals Products
22,913
879,684
3.3
0.9
 
 
All Others
272,072
63,013,139
40.7
61.9
 
 
Total
686,141
101,700,330
100.0
100.0
 
     
  Rank Commodities Total Trade Tons Dollars  
 
Short Tons
$ in 000's
% of Total  
  1 Machinery
251,798
26,782,555
17.5
12.9
 
  2 Electrical Machinery
131,123
21,040,459
9.1
10.2
 
  3 Optical,Medical Instruments
82,619
15,611,196
5.7
7.5
 
  4 Plastic
71,615
1,827,631
5.0
0.9
 
  5 Woven Apparel
68,761
3,101,582
4.8
1.5
 
  6 Fish and SeaFood
61,987
481,519
4.3
0.2
 
  7 Knit Apparel
48,731
1,688,453
3.4
0.8
 
  8 Pharmaceutical Products
43,860
15,488,193
3.0
7.5
 
  9 Iron and Steel products
38,743
616,731
2.7
0.3
 
  10 Vehicles, NOT Railways
37,524
702,507
2.6
0.3
 
 
All Others
605,734
119,546,528
41.9
57.9
 
 
Total
1,442,495
206,887,354
100.0
100.0
 
 

Source:
The Port Authority of NY-NJ, 2011 Airport Traffic Report
 

 

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