Look Beyond Your Borders

Trade Corridors

Ted HoughtonTexas 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 Partners1) Mexico45% with TexasChihuahua, Mexico largest state trading partner

2) South Korea

3) Taiwan

4) China

5) Japan

Texas/Mexico Trade CorridorsCorralitos Ranch cattle drive

Texas Trade CorridorsThe Butterfield Trail Marker

Texas Trade CorridorsDel Rio Wool & Mohair Company

Texas Trade CorridorsGulf Intracoastal Waterway

Texas Trade Corridors

Texas Trade CorridorsInterstate Highway 35 in Austin, Texas

Trade CorridorPorts of Los Angeles and Long Beach

Trade CorridorThe Alameda Corridor

Trade CorridorThe Alameda Corridor

Trade CorridorPacific Coast Water Ports

Texas Trade CorridorsTexas Gulf Water Ports

Texas Trade CorridorsTexas/Mexico Border Ports of Entry

SHIFTS IN TRADE ROUTES AFFECTING TEXASPanama CanalChicagoPOLA / POLB2009Expansion of All-water Route via Panama CanalExpansion of Mexico RoutingExpansion of San Pedro Bay Ports RoutingDistributionWarehouseTransloadingInland PortDistributionWarehouseMEXICOTrainBlock

MAJOR IMPORTER TRENDSThe concentration of trade between the US retail sector and North Asia has provided a number of importers with market powerIdentified top retailers represent approximately 4.3% of GDP and employ 2.7% of US private employment, and nearly 20% of retail employmentWal-MartLowesCircuit CityKohlsBest BuyPier1933521--3144NORTHWESTWal-MartLowesCircuit City744168128KohlsBest BuyPier1196142196MIDWESTWal-MartLowesCircuit CityKohlsBest BuyPier136610211839103166SOUTHWESTNORTHEASTWal-MartLowesCircuit CityKohlsBest BuyPier127363827764146Wal-MartLowesCircuit City28710278KohlsBest BuyPier1575399MID-ATLANTICWal-MartLowesCircuit City779309128KohlsBest BuyPier14988187SOUTHEASTWal-MartLowesCircuit City84216780KohlsBest BuyPier16777123SOUTHCENTRAL

What Will It Take?ChampionsLook beyond your border all the way to .FinancingPublic/Private PartnershipsShipping companiesRailroadsRegional Mobility AuthoritiesState of Texas

Butterfield Stage Marker, on US 87 in Tom Green County. Circa 1939. TxDOT photo.Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. June 1984 photo by Randy Green/TxDOT.August 2000 photo by Michael Amador/TxDOT