Senator Chuy Hinojosa highlights these economic benefits of ports:
- Ports are economic drivers:
- Generating $270 billion a year in economic activity
- Generating $6 billion in state and local taxes per year
- 1.4 million jobs
- generate $82.8 billion in personal income
- Ports of entry, and bridges, facilitate a $200 billion annual trade with Mexico
- 3 of our ports are in the nation’s Top 10 by tonnage
- #2 Houston
- #4 Beaumont
- #7 Corpus Christi (7th)
- The #1 fresh produce port of entry in the U.S. for 2016 will be the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge
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Port Capital Funding improvements are critical to retain Texas ports competitive advantage
The McAllen Monitor Op-Ed | COMMENTARY: Texas ports are portal to a profitable future