Auteur: AIVP
Source: AAPA
Date de parution: Mercredi, 05 Septembre 2007
Type de Document: Actualité
Thème: 2.03 - port et emploi, 2.02 - valeur ajoutée portuaire, 2 - VILLE PORTUAIRE ET ECONOMIE
Langue originale: Anglais
Localisation: Amerique : Etats-Unis :
Langue: Français, Anglais, Espagnol

Selon une étude du cabinet Martin associate pour l'American association of Port Authorities (AAPA), le secteur portuaire des Etats-Unis comptait en 2006, 8,4 millions d'emplois directs et indirects et représentait 2 milliards de dollars dans l'économie du pays. L'étude souligne ainsi l'importance du transport maritime en analysant notamment la valeur ajoutée produite et les revenus générés par les impôts et les différentes taxes

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"The tremendous growth in overseas trade volumes moving through our ports in the past decade has been a huge boon to the American economy," said Kurt Nagle, president and chief executive officer for the American Association of Port Authorities. "The jobs these imports and exports create are spread throughout the country, not just in port cities, making them a vital part of our nation's economic fabric."
In addition to citing employment numbers, Martin Associates' new study also shows that businesses providing goods and services to U.S. seaports directly and indirectly paid $314.5 billion in total wages and salaries. Of this total, $207.4 billion came directly from businesses involved in handling international waterborne commerce. Moreover, the 2006 report shows that port-sector businesses generated a high rate of economic output, with business revenues and the value of the goods and services they provided totaled $1,976.4 billion, or nearly $2 trillion.
In addition, port-sector businesses paid more than $102 billion in federal, state and local taxes in 2006.
"Compared to the last study we developed in 2000 (based upon 1999 data), these figures indicate a significant increase in the financial benefits that the port industry provides the American economy," said Dr. John C. Martin, president of Martin Associates, "This new report shows that port-related activities are contributing to the economy in record numbers."