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A LOOK INSIDE OUR
                                                              IMPORTED & EXPORTED
                                                   COMMODITIES


                                   BULK                                                            LOW SULFUR                  BULK
       BEET PELLETS
                              CEMENT/SLAG                 20 14  |  TWENTY FOURTEEN                     COAL               FERTILIZER




            423,408                670,255                                                             2,667,138              1,048,562
            METRIC TONS            METRIC TONS                                                         METRIC TONS            METRIC TONS
            EXPORTED               IMPORTED                                                            EXPORTED               IMPORTED
             SINCE 2011            SINCE 2010                                                           SINCE 2011            SINCE 2010


      Beet pellets are made   Cement is imported from                                            Low sulfur coal is used   The Port provides the
      from leftover sugar beet   Japan in the form of slag.                                      for power generation and   gateway that supports
      pulp and used in animal   The demand for this                                              is exported from the Port   90% of the chemical
      feed. They are exported   product is on the rise                                           to Mexico, China, Chile,   fertilizer used by the
      from the Port to Japan.   with new construction                                            Guatemala and Hawaii.   agricultural industry in
      During 2014, this product   and the recovering                                             In 2014, the Port saw a   the Central Valley. Bulk
      almost doubled from the   economy. In fact, during                                         significant increase in   fertilizer is imported from
      previous year with an   2014, the Port saw an                                              exports for this       Norway, Malaysia, China,
      increase of 83,068     increase of 38,311 metric                                           commodity.             Netherlands, Indonesia
      metric tons.           tons for this commodity.                                                                   and Chile.
      179,068                114,311                                                             1,742,330              198,301




         MOLASSES               PADDY RICE              PROJECT                  STEEL              TIRE CHIPS               TOTALS
                                                         CARGO                PRODUCTS


                                                                                                                        THE PORT IMPORTED

            1,293,088              226,559                 36,335                426,011                 21,057         1,800,541
            METRIC TONS            METRIC TONS           METRIC TONS            METRIC TONS            METRIC TONS
            IMPORTED               EXPORTED              IMPORTED               IMPORTED               EXPORTED         METRIC TONS OF TRADE IN 2014
            SINCE 2010             SINCE 2010             SINCE 2010             SINCE 2010             SINCE 2013
                 26%
                                                                                                                        THE PORT EXPORTED
      Molasses has been a long   Paddy rice is rice in its   Project cargo imports   The Port imports steel   Tire chips are used as
      term commodity for the   raw form that has not   increased by 3,149 metric   from the countries of   fuel. They can produce   2,305,548
      Port. It is imported to   yet been bleached or   tons in 2014. This year, the   China, Japan, Korea,   the same amount of
      Westway Feed Products   processed. The Port   Port imported project   Taiwan, Netherlands,   energy as oil and 25%
      from Australia, Taiwan,   exports this commodity   cargo from Italy for the   Peru and Belgium.   more than coal. The Port   METRIC TONS OF TRADE IN 2014
      Nicaragua, Argentina,   to Turkey. In 2014, the   Tesla Motors facility in   During 2014, steel   exports this commodity
      Vietnam, El Salvador,   Port saw an increase for   Fremont, Ca. The Port also   imports dramatically   to Japan. An increase of
      Hawaii, Philippines,   paddy rice of nearly   imported project cargo   increased by 90,067   5,815 metric tons was
      Columbia, Honduras     34,000 metric tons.    from the Netherlands.  metric tons due to the   seen by the Port in 2014.  4,106,089
      and Ecuador.                                                         recovery of the economy.
      280,477                100,259                3,396                  187,052               13,436                 METRIC TONS OF TRADE  IN 2014



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