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LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is the favorite North American air cargo airport of Asian-based importers and exporters who use air freight services, according to Cargonews Asia Magazine, sponsor of the Annual Asian Freight & Supply Chain Awards.
 
The award marks the ninth time in 10 years that the 13,000 readers of the monthly magazine have named LAX as one of the top airports in the world in terms of service to its customers.
 
The magazine's readers nominate the best service providers in 34 industry categories related to international trade.

The awards are now in their 17th year, and LAX first won recognition as North America's top air cargo in 1994. LAX received 26% of the total votes cast by readers, while the category's other finalists - New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport and Chicago's O'Hare International Airport - received 23% and 21%, respectively.
 
Airports are nominated based on their provision of suitable cargo-related infrastructure; cost-competitive, cargo-friendly fee schedule; timely and adequate investment in infrastructure to meet future demand; and the fostering of air cargo support services such as logistics and freight forwarding facilities either on- or off-airport, the publication said.

LAX handled nearly two million tons of air cargo in 2001 and 2002. It currently ranks as the fifth busiest air cargo airport in the world, with more than 50% of its tonnage destined to or arriving from airports outside the US, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

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