Look Beyond Your Borders Trade Corridors Ted Houghton Texas Transportation Commission

Texas State Highway System largest road system with 80,000+ miles

The State of Texas Is #1 in Gross Domestic Product Has top business climate in nation (Site Selection Magazine 11/04)

Texas Trade Partners 1) Mexico –45% with Texas –Chihuahua, Mexico largest state trading partner 2) South Korea 3) Taiwan 4) China 5) Japan

Texas/Mexico Trade Corridors Corralitos Ranch cattle drive

Texas Trade Corridors The Butterfield Trail Marker

Texas Trade Corridors Del Rio Wool & Mohair Company

Texas Trade Corridors Gulf Intracoastal Waterway

Texas Trade Corridors

Interstate Highway 35 in Austin, Texas

Trade Corridor Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach

Trade Corridor The Alameda Corridor

Trade Corridor The Alameda Corridor

Trade Corridor Pacific Coast Water Ports

Texas Trade Corridors Texas Gulf Water Ports

Texas Trade Corridors Texas/Mexico Border Ports of Entry

SHIFTS IN TRADE ROUTES AFFECTING TEXAS Panama Canal Chicago POLA / POLB 2009 Expansion of All-water Route via Panama Canal Expansion of Mexico Routing Expansion of San Pedro Bay Ports Routing Distribution Warehouse Transloading Inland Port Distribution Warehouse MEXICO Train Block

MAJOR IMPORTER TRENDS The concentration of trade between the US retail sector and North Asia has provided a number of importers with market power Identified top retailers represent approximately 4.3% of GDP and employ 2.7% of US private employment, and nearly 20% of retail employment Wal-Mart Lowe’s Circuit City Kohl’s Best Buy Pier NORTHWEST Wal-Mart Lowe’s Circuit City Kohl’s Best Buy Pier MIDWEST Wal-Mart Lowe’s Circuit City Kohl’s Best Buy Pier SOUTHWEST NORTHEAST Wal-Mart Lowe’s Circuit City Kohl’s Best Buy Pier Wal-Mart Lowe’s Circuit City Kohl’s Best Buy Pier MID-ATLANTIC Wal-Mart Lowe’s Circuit City Kohl’s Best Buy Pier SOUTHEAST Wal-Mart Lowe’s Circuit City Kohl’s Best Buy Pier SOUTHCENTRAL

What Will It Take? Champions Look beyond your border all the way to …. Financing Public/Private Partnerships –Shipping companies –Railroads –Regional Mobility Authorities –State of Texas