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Foreign Cargo
Inbound and Outbound
File Description:
Foreign Cargo (Inbound and Outbound) for Calendar Year 2010 by Port and Waterway.
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Abstract
These files are cargo flows between United States ports/Waterways and foreign ports.
Mode
Water
Source of Data
U.S. waterborne imports, exports, and in-transits
Sponsoring Organization
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Navigation Data Center, Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center. The legal authority for the collection, compilation and publication of waterborne commerce statistics by the Army Corps of Engineers is Section 11 of the Rivers and Harbors Appropriations Act of 1922 (42 Stat. 1043), as amended, and codified in 33 U.S.C. 555.
Attributes
Geographic Coverage of Data: U.S. Coastal, Inland Ports and Waterways
Time Span of Data 2010
First Developed: 1987 data file; 1921 printed source
Update Frequency: Monthly
Data quality/accuracy: There is an 97.7% inbound and 98.3% outbound record match between cargo data and vessel movement data for 2010.
Number of Records: approx. 86,941
File Size:
17,666,048 bytes (ex10port.mdb) and 10,527,686 bytes (ex10port.txt)
16,621,568 bytes (im10port.mdb) and 9,657,042 bytes (im10port.txt)
File Format: ASCII Comma Delimited, dbase format and Access database
Maximum Characters per Record: 139
Media: CD, disk, tape, hardcopy
Contact for Additional Information:
Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center
PO BOX 61280
New Orleans, LA 70161-1280
Point of Contact: WCSC (504) 862-1426 or (504) 862-1441
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