Robert Johnston wrote: >Where did we get the "One Billion Dollar" number. I think someone pulled >it out of their backside. > > I believe the one billion dollars per day figure is total value of goods coming into West coast ports per year divided by 300 approximate working days per year. I read in more than one place that West coast ports handle about $310 bn of good per year. Some articles doubled and quadrupled that figure to attempt attaching a cost to the ripple effect on the economy. -- Greg Jorgensen PDXperts LLC, Portland, Oregon, USA
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