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Economic Value of the MTS.

• Supports 2.5 million jobs
  
• Contributes over $55 billion in business revenue
  
• Generates over $11 billion of federal tax revenues
  
• Generates over $5.1 billion of state and local taxes
  
• More than $630 billion of foreign trade moves through coastal seaports
  
• Value > 6% of U.S. GNP