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TRADE & TRAVEL

TEU Traffic & Airline Passengers

 

Traffic of full import containers traveling through the Port of Oakland decreased 13.5 percent between May 2008 and May 2009, while full exports increased 2.3 percent. Empty container imports increased 4.1 percent and empty exports decreased 44 percent.

 

Various air carrier closures and reductions in the number of flights have caused ridership numbers at OAK and SJC to trend downward since the fall of 2007. SFO ridership increased between May 2008 and May 2009, while OAK posted an annual decrease of 17 percent and SJC a decrease of 11.9 percent. May ridership data for OAK was not available.

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