Port of Green Bay tonnage down 5 percent in 2002 News-Chronicle The Brown County Port and Solid Waste Department on Monday released an economic impact study on the Port of Green Bay for 2002. The study assessed the Port of Green Bay had a $59 million impact on the Greater Green Bay Area, creating more than 569 jobs. It determined the port brought the area more than $18.3 million in revenue, $1.39 in state taxes, $1 million in local taxes and $28.3 million in gross regional product. The total tonnage received last year was 1.86 metric tons, 80 percent of which was domestic in-bound, 20 percent foreign imports and less than 1 percent in foreign imports. Total annual tonnage was 5 percent lower than 2001's rate. Of the shipping, 42 percent was coal, 26 percent limestone, 17 percent cement, 9 percent salt, 2 percent pig iron and 1 percent liquid bulk. The Port of Green Bay has 10 active terminal operators who work in shipping commodities.