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Illinois Contact Info

  • Contact Name:
  • Sharon Stead Galantino, Managing Director ,

    Siobhan Lysaght- Trade and Marketing Representative , Annick Briganti- Trade and Investment Representative
  • Address:
  • 28-30 Boulevard de la Cambre, Bte 2
    B-1000 Brussels
    Belgium
  • Phone:
  • 32-2-6465730
  • Fax:
  • 32-2-6465511
  • Email:
  • Brussels@illinoistrade.org

Illinois Demographic Info

  • Region:
  • Midwest, Great Lakes
  • Population:
  • 12.9 Million
  • Gross State Product:
  • $633.7 Billion
  • Exports:
  • $49.8 Billion (2010)
  • Labor Force:
  • 6.6 Million (2009)
  • Latest Unemployment Rate:
  • 9.2 % (2010)
  • Unionization Rate:
  • 14.5
  • Per Capita Personal Income:
  • $42,397 (2009)
  • Capital City:
  • Springfield
  • Principal Cities:
  • Chicago, Peoria, Springfield, Rockford, Champaign-Urbana, Bloomington-Normal

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Illinois Warehousing and Distribution Industry 

    Illinois is a natural location for warehousing and distribution facilities. Located in the centre of the nation with an excellent transportation infrastructure, Illinois is a cost-effective location for storing and distributing products regionally, nationally and internationally. In fact, nearly 300 of the Fortune 500 companies operate major regional or national distribution centres in Illinois. <br>With over 3,000 public warehousing facilities, readily available sites and buildings, and a wide array of terminals, freight forwarders and transportation companies, Illinois offers businesses the ability to quickly meet their long- or short-range distribution needs. 

• Illinois has over 6,000 trucking companies, including 1,750 specialized freight haulers for all your logistical needs.
• Illinois is the center of the nation’s rail network. Two of the country’s largest rail gateways are located in Chicago and East St. Louis. Two new intermodal facilities in Joliet and Rochelle will be the industry’s state-of -the-art terminals. Over 25 trains and 3,000 containers are expected to be expedited daily.
• Over 1,100 miles of navigable waterways connect Illinois to the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean via the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway.
• The Port of Chicago includes terminals for ocean and lake vessels as well as barges. The terminal is also served by four railroads and has direct access to two interstate highways.
• Chicago’s O’Hare airport is the second busiest airport in the world with over 69 million passengers per year. To increase efficiency of flight and passenger movement, the City of Chicago will be investing $15 billion in a 7 year program to expand O’Hare. 

Links:

Chicago Airports: http://www.ohare.com/
Illinois ports of entry: http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/toolbox/contacts/ports/il/
The Port of Chicago: http://www.theportofchicago.com/
More information on Illinois’ transportation infrastructure: http://business.illinois.gov/io_infrastructure.cfm