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A study evidences the increasing importance of the port of Houston for the economy of Texas
Although the decrease of the traffic is in increase the generated occupation and the economic value from the marine port of call
May 23, 2012
The port of Houston is one of the main engines of the economy of Texas having generated last year an economic impact in the State American pairs to 178,5 billion dollars to which they join 4,5 billion dollars of state and local taxes. Houston Authority to the society of Martin Associates advising evidences a study commissioned from the Port of. In the 2011 - the search explains - activity of the port he has supported altogether 1.026.820 places of job in the Texas, of which 174,852 between directed (53,952), induced (71,065) and indirect (49,835) and 851.968 places of job that have another type of correlation with the activity of the port.
"Which governmental organism - the president of the Harbour Authority of Houston has commented, Jim Edmonds - the Port Commission (the directive council of the agency, ndr) makes sure that these assets publics are useful to the community and continue to carry the maximum economic benefit to many stakeholders of the region, and the numbers confirm it".
The study emphasizes moreover that, although the total volume of traffic of the goods enlivened from the port American is dropped of 4.8% from 2006 to 2011, coming down from 240.923.000 to 236.135.000 tons, the number of places of work supported from the port is increased almost 242 thousand unit going up from 785.049 in 2006 to beyond a million places in 2011 (even if the direct places are diminished of beyond 4.000 units and those indirect ones are diminished of beyond 29.000 units), so as have grown considerably the economic impact, passed from 117,6 billion to 178,5 billion dollars.
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The port of Houston is one of the main engines of the economy of Texas having generated last year an economic impact in the State American pairs to 178,5 billion dollars to which they join 4,5 billion dollars of state and local taxes. Houston Authority to the society of Martin Associates advising evidences a study commissioned from the Port of. In the 2011 - the search explains - activity of the port he has supported altogether 1.026.820 places of job in the Texas, of which 174,852 between directed (53,952), induced (71,065) and indirect (49,835) and 851.968 places of job that have another type of correlation with the activity of the port.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
