1. TRADE MATTERS How Los Angeles trades with the world
November 2016
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2. The Big Picture

3. The No. 1 U.S. trade partner is:
Canada
China
Mexico 3

4. The No. 1 U.S. trade partner is:
China
For first time ever, China was No. 1 in Just passed Canada again with August data 4

5. One of these three pairings has not accounted for more than $200 billion in annual U.S. trade:
China-Los Angeles
Canada-Detroit
Mexico-Laredo

6. One of these three pairings has not accounted for more than $200 billion in annual trade:
China-Los Angeles trade was $ in 2015, off record.
China-Los Angeles 6

7. The nation’s 2nd-largest trade deficit is with:
Mexico
Germany
South Korea
Japan

8. The nation’s 2nd-largest trade deficit is with:
Germany
74.19 billion. China’s was $365.69, fifth record year. LA with China was $113.97 8

9. 40 percent What percentage of U.S. trade is an export? 34 percent9

10. 40 percent What percentage of U.S. trade is an export?
Deficit has grown nine-fold since 1992 but “balance of trade has only shrunk from 46 cents to 40. 10

11. Which one of these “ports” is not among the nation’s top 10 nationally?
Los Angeles International Airport
Port of Newark
Port of Savannah
Chicago’s O’Hare International
Laredo’s World Trade Bridge 11

12. Which one of these “ports” is not among the nation’s top 10 nationally?
Savannah is No. 13. Los Angeles is the only Customs district with three in the top 10: POLA, LAX and Port of Long Beach
Port of Savannah 12

13. This Customs district had the nation’s largest trade surplus in 2015:
Seattle
Miami
Houston
Savannah/Atlanta

14. This Customs district had the nation’s largest trade surplus in 2015:
Traditionally, Miami, sometimes Seattle. Now Houston. Value of oil imports into Port of Houston down 71 percent in three years.
Houston 14

15. Only one nation has ever been responsible for more than 20 percent of all U.S. oil imports:
Saudi Arabia
Canada
Iraq
Venezuela 15

16. Only one nation has ever been responsible for more than 20 percent of all U.S. oil imports:
Canada accounts for about one-third of all U.S. oil imports. The steep decline is what led China to replace Canada as No. 1.
Canada 16

17. Stuff to brag about
Top 20 U.S. Trade Partners

18. Three of the top five gateways for trade are …
The Port of Los Angeles
3. The Port of Long Beach
5. Los Angeles International Airport
1, 3, 5 18

19. Two of the top five gateways for trade are …
1. The Port of Los Angeles
5. Los Angeles International Airport
1, 5: Long Beach is No. 11. 19

20. Two of the top four gateways for trade are …
1. The Port of Los Angeles
4. Port of Long Beach
1,4. LAX is No. 13 20

21. One of the top 10 gateways for trade is …
8. Los Angeles International Airport
29 for POLA, 58 for Long Beach 21

22. One of the top 10 gateways for trade is …
7. Los Angeles International Airport
29 for POLA, 58 for Long Beach 22

23. Three of the top four gateways for trade are …
3. Los Angeles International Airport
7. Port of Los Angeles
Long Beach is 19. 23

24. Three of the top four gateways for trade are …
1. The Port of Los Angeles
3. Los Angeles International Airport
4. Port of Long Beach
1,3,4. Oakland is No. 2 24

25. One of the top 10 gateways for trade is …
9. Los Angeles International Airport
14 for POLA, 37 for Long Beach 25

26. One of the top 10 gateways for trade is …
4. Los Angeles International Airport
26 for POLA, 36 for Long Beach 26

27. One of the top 10 gateways for trade is …
6. Los Angeles International Airport
24 for POLA, 45 for Long Beach 27

28. The top two gateways for trade are …
1. The Port of Los Angeles
2. The Port of Long Beach
1,2. LAX is No. 12 28

29. Two of the top five gateways for trade are …
3. The Port of Los Angeles
5. Los Angeles International Airport
3,5. Anchorage is No. 1, Oakland is No. 2, New Orleans is No. 4. Long Beach is 11. 29

30. Two of the top 10 gateways for trade are …
2. Los Angeles International Airport
10. The Port of Los Angeles
No. 1, Oakland Long Beach is 14. 30

31. Three of the top six gateways for trade are …
2. Los Angeles International Airport
4. The Port of Los Angeles
6. The Port of Long Beach
JFK, Anchorage, New Orleans 31

32. Los Angeles ranks as the top U. S
Los Angeles ranks as the top U.S. gateway for seven of its top 10 trade partners
1. China
3. S. Korea
5. Vietnam
10. Australia
2. Japan
4. Taiwan
7. Thailand
The flags are Taiwan, Thailad, Australia. 32

33. The Los Angeles Customs district is most dominant with which country’s trade?
China
South Korea
Vietnam
Japan

34. The Los Angeles Customs district is most dominant with which country’s trade?
Vietnam

35. Let’s talk exports

36. Los Angeles International Airport
The No. 6 gateway for outbound shipments is…
POLA, LB rank 32, 39. Seattle area, JFK, O’Hare, Honolulu rank ahead of LAX.
Los Angeles International Airport 36

37. Two of the top 10 are … 5. Port of Long Beach 9. Port of Los Angeles
5,9. LAX is 30 37

38. 6. Los Angeles International Airport
In the top 10 is …
Ranks 6. DFW is No. 1. POLA 47, LB 56
6. Los Angeles International Airport 38

39. Los Angeles International Airport
Newly ranked No. 1 in the nation is …
Long Beach 22, POLA 40
Los Angeles International Airport 39

40. Los Angeles International Airport
Ranked No. 2 in the nation is …
Long Beach 22, POLA 40
Los Angeles International Airport 40

41. 10. Los Angeles International Airport
In the top 10 is …
Ranks No. 10. O’Hare, San Juan (2,3,5), JFK, MIA…
10. Los Angeles International Airport 41

42. Imports, quickly…

43. No. 1 in the nation as a gateway for …
2. Computers
7. Photo-sensitive semiconductors
10. Shoes made from textiles
5. Printers
6. TVs, monitors
9. Leather shoes
75 percent increase in photo-sensitive computer chips 43

44. In the top five for all but one …
Second for No. 1 motor vehicles
Fourth for No. 3 Cell phones
Sixth for No. 4 oil
Third for No. 8 motor vehicle parts
75 percent increase in photo-sensitive computer chips 44

45. Questions?
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