The Southwest Border Area

The Southwest border areas are quite close in geography when it comes to low and high income societies due to the US-Mexico boder. 

 

The location of economic activity in Maryland is important and the activities are mostly in the tertiary service sector.  The Port of Baltimore provides transportation as one of the key service activities in Maryland.  The Port offers trucking admission, rail transport and there are quite a few different imported vehicles that come into the port.

Some of the most important imports of raw materials and bulk include iron ore, petroleum, sugar, and fertilizers.    

Another service activity in Maryland is the closeness of the government in Washington D.C.  The Baltimore/Washington area provides bio-research laboratories and there are a number of educational and medical reasearch facilities.


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