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Brownsville Economic Development Council has earned the CompetitiveReady Seal, an endorsement of the area´s overall capacity to support business development. Brownsville is the first CompetitiveReady community to receive the seal. Located at the southern tip of Texas, on the border with Mexico, Brownsville offers access to international trade through the Port of Brownsville. Other advantages that stood out for the auditors included safety, ongoing improvements to the infrastructure, and cooperative leadership that has made Brownsville a leader in business attraction and job growth.

Top 25 Imports

BROWNSVILLE'S TOP 25 IMPORTS FROM MEXICO
RANK PRODUCT DESCRIPTION TRADE VALUE
1 Other parts and accessories $920,204,274
2 Parts of the seats of subgroup 821.1 $322,841,262
3 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals (other than crude) and preparations n.e.s., containing by weight 70 % or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic constituents of the preparations, other than waste oils $287,965,511
4 Other parts and accessories of bodies (including cabs) $269,409,907
5 Parts for boring or sinking machinery of heading 723.37 or 723.44 $129,875,646
6 Styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR); carboxylated styrene-butadiene rubber (XSBR) $123,057,921
7 Radio-broadcast receivers not capable of operating without an external source of power, of a kind used in motor vehicles - combined with sound-recording or reproducing apparatus $118,426,355
8 Special transactions and commodities not classified according to kind $106,825,048
9 Ballasts for discharge lamps or tubes $98,198,891
10 Other inorganic acids $96,868,022
11 Static converters (e.g., rectifiers) $89,876,677
12 Cocoa powder containing added sugar or other sweetening matter $84,726,155
13 Parts of the equipment of heading 778.34 $78,160,617
14 Other regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus $71,920,172
15 Hearing-aids (excluding parts and accessories) $69,405,119
16 Boards, panels (including numerical control panels), consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases, equipped with two or more apparatus of subgroup 772.4 or 772.5, for electrical control or the distribution of electricity (including those incorporating instruments or apparatus of groups 774, 881, 884 or of division 87, but excluding the switching apparatus of subgroup 764.1) - for a voltage not exceeding 1,000 V $65,930,565
17 Brakes and servo-brakes and parts thereof $65,669,182
18 Fire extinguishers, whether or not charged $62,131,836
19 Ceramic dielectric fixed capacitors, multilayer $60,971,883
20 Multiple-walled insulating units of glass $60,400,352
21 Parts of the equipment of heading 778.84 $58,822,087
22 Padlocks and locks (key, combination or electrically operated), of base metal; clasps and frames with clasps, incorporating locks, of base metal; keys for any of the foregoing articles, of base metal $58,795,151
23 Motors (other than motors of an output not exceeding 37.5 W) and generators, direct current $58,637,469
24 Rock-drilling or earth-boring tools $58,092,889
25 Other switches $57,880,505
Source: Texas Center for Border Economic & Enterprise Development