b"26American Journal ofTransportation ajot.comTOP U.S. EXPORTERS Data provided byRank Select U.S. Exporters State City Industry 2024 Rank Select U.S. Exporters State City Industry 2024Est TEU Est TEU1 The DeLong Co Inc WI Clinton Agricultural Products144,41439 WestRockGA Atlanta Packaging24,846 2 Exxonmobil TX Houston Petroleum Products143,01140 Price Smart CA San Diego Warehouse Club24,618 3 International Paper Company TN Memphis Paper and Forest Products132,55941 Vipal S A FL Miami Rubber24,432 4 Georgia PacificGA Atlanta Paper and Forest Products126,57542 Al Dahra Acx Global Inc CA Wilmington Forage and Roughage24,108 5 America Chung Nam Inc CA City of Industry Recycled Products107,89243 Karmin Industries Canada Montreal, QC Distributor 23,865 6 Newport CH International CA Irvine Waste Paper89,44244 BMW Ag NJ Woodcliff Lake Auto Manufacturer23,605 7 International Forest Products (IFP) MA Foxboro Forest Products82,23845 Michelin North America Inc SC Greenville Tires23,193 8 Viterra USA Ingredients LLc NE Omaha Agricultural Products78,70346 Graphic Packaging International GA Atlanta Packaging22,024 9 Shintech Inc TX Houston PVC Producer78,54747 Fondomonte Arizona LLc (Almarai) AZ Goodyear Alfalfa Hay21,692 10 Archer Daniels Midland Co (ADM) IL Chicago Agricultural Products74,28648 Hawkeye Gold LLc IA Ankeny Corn/Soy Bean20,917 11 Winfibre US Incorporated CA Chino Recovered Fiber73,37549 Fornazor International Inc NJ Hillsdale Grain20,644 12 WM Recycle America TX Houston Recycled Products68,39750 Haykingdom Inc CA Winters Hay18,041 13 US Pet Nutrition LLc CA El Segundo Pet Food64,63551 The Feed CA San Francisco Feed Ingredients/Products18,014 14 The Andersons, Inc OH MaumeAgricultural Products60,81952 Staple Cotton Cooperative MS Greenwood Cotton17,728 15 EC PromoNA NA NA57,37053 Mistui & Co USA Inc NY New York CityMinerals and Other Commodities17,434 16 Tricon Dry Chemicals TX Houston Chemicals55,50954 World Food Programme DC Washington Food17,401 17 Swift Company (JBS USA) CO Greely Beef/Meats53,00755 Zimex Glt Inc CA Cypress rubber/fiber/polyamide/lauryl17,260 18 Olam International Limited TX Richardson Agricultural Products46,76756 Seaboard Foods KS Merriam Food16,951 19 CHS Inc MN Inver Grove Heights Agricultural Products45,38257 Scoular Company NE Omaha Grain16,894 20 Allenberg Cotton Co (Louis Dreyfus) TN Cordova Cotton45,21158 Sappi Cloquet LLc MN Cloquet Wood Pulp 16,756 21 Domtar Paper Corp LLc SC Fort Mill Pulp and Paper44,92959 Active Minerals International MD Hunt Valley Minerals 16,329 22 Cycle Link USA Inc CA Diamond Bar Recycled Products42,64260 Genesis Resource Enterprise NJ Mountainside Recycled Products15,981 23 Prairie Creek Grain Company Inc IL Elwood Grain42,14261 BMW of North America LLc NJ Woodcliff Lake Auto Manufacturer15,118 24 Caucasus Auto Import CA Gardena Auto Imports39,87162 Caterpillar Inc TX Irving Heavy Equipment Manufacturer14,578 25 Mercedes Benz US International Inc GA Atlanta Auto Manufacturer39,14363 Fiebre Ltda NA NA Fiber14,267 26 Tyson Fresh Meats Inc AR Springdale Meats37,74364 National Beef Packing Co LLc MO Kansas City Beef/Meats14,211 27 Rayonier A M Sales And Technology FL Wildlight Forest Products36,85965 H Muehlstein & Co CT Wilton Polymer Products13,651 28 Chevron Products Company CA San Ramon Petroleum Products36,79166 Dupont Specialty Products USA LLc DE Wilmington Extruded Polystyrene13,300 29 Frey P S Denmark NA Commodities33,39867 Miller Bros PA Conshohocken NA12,466 30 Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp VA Smithfield Beef/Meats31,08568 Pilgrim's Pride Corporation (JBS) CO Greely Chicken Related Products12,416 31 Montachem International Inc FL Fort Lauderdale Resins30,87269 Dow Silicones Corporation MI Midland Silicone Products12,376 32 US Borax Inc (Rio Tinto) IL Chicago Borax30,57770 Health And Green Life LLc FL Fort Lauderdale Cookware12,242 33 Valero Marketing And Supply TX San Antonio Petroleum Products29,67771 Tropical Fruit Americas LLc MS Gulfport Fruit12,171 34 Ascend Performance Materials TX Houston Nylon Fibers/Plastics29,66872 Ravago Global Trading Fl Orlando Thermoplastics11,812 35 Equistar Chemicals (LyondellBasel) TX Houston Chemicals29,65273 Ford Motor Company MI Dearborn Auto Manufacturer11,706 36 Vinmar International LLc TX Houston Polymers28,65774 Ticona Polymers Inc TX Irving Polymers11,564 37 Canusa Hershman Recycling Co CT BranfordRecycled Products26,00875 Eckman Recycling NA NA Recycled Products10,997 38 Stone Arch Commodities MN Minneapolis Food/Feed Ingredients25,806 (NOTES continued from page 24) Michelinatnumber18isthetopTEUs), but nothing compares to tires2024 list. Another big name absent was the mega-retailer recorded just underranked tire company with over 46,000for auto-related TEUs. VW which imported over 20,000 TEUs 94,000 TEUslikely a fraction ofTEUs, followed closely by Continen- Of course, there is the other side ofin 2023. But as mentioned above, many the actual import box numbers. Thistal Tire at 19 with over 44,000 TEUs.the ledgerthe companies that weretimes the importer chooses to use a third isntuncommonamongthebigYokohama Tire and Hankook rank 27on the 2024 Top 100 US Importers listparty and thus doesnt make the list.nameretailers.EvenAmazonisand28respectively,withSumitomobut are now nowhere to be seen. AndNonetheless the importers included likely reporting only a small percent- Rubber and Toyo Tires at 32 and 33.there are quite a few big names that arein the Top 100 US Importers list were age of their imported boxes at 51,503GoodyearTireranks46 th ,followednolongerrepresented.Underbever- representative of a strong US economy. TEUsespecially considering theby Kumho Tire at 51, Sentury at 53,ages, Red Bull didnt make this yearsHow the list will look in 2025 is as they megae-commerceretailerreportedPirelli Tire at 68, Tireco at 71, Nexenlist.In2024RedBullimportedoversay a work in progress but imports importingover330,000TEUsofTire at 77, a Chinese newcomer ZC24,000 TEUs and going back to 2019,of solar related products are likely to goods in 2021. Rubber America at 92, and Americanover70,000.AnothercompanyBYDdrop as tariffs and the administrations Nonetheless, the list is a behind- Pacific at 94. USA, the American arm of Chinas biganti-renewable stance takes hold. What the-curtainviewatwhatallthoseThere is other auto related import- EV manufacturer BYD, imported nearlyother sectors are impacted is difficult to large containerships are bringing intoers on the list for auto parts and in the31,000 TEUs in 2024. Tesla another EVsay but every year is slightly different US ports every week for distributioncaseofFuyao,autoglass,(13,779manufacturer was also a no-show on theand 2025 is likely to be more so.throughout the country. o n then uMbersThisyear,thetopoftheTop 100 US Importers list is very similar to the 2024 edition with the big fruit andproduceimportersleadingthe way. Dole at 236,434 TEUs remained on top of the list, with Chiquita at over 196,000 TEUs in the number two slot, whileDelMonteatnearly140,000 TEUs slid in as number five on the list. Overall, there were six fruit and produce importers on the list in 2025. Consumerelectronicsalsooccupied prominentslotsinthetop100as LGelectronicsranked3 rd withover 185,000 TEUs while Samsung was 4 that over 145,000 TEUs.Arguably the most prominent sector represented in Top 100 import list is auto and auto related products. Among the auto makers General Motors, GM at number 7 with 93,896 TEUs, was the top of the class but Mercedes Benz ranked number 16, Toyota 21, Kia 74, Subaru at 76, Ford at 78 and Volvo at 91. However, each year there is a large number of tire companies on the importers listand 2025 was no different. Unsurprisingly,"