Freight Facts and Figures 2010
Tables 2-6 and 2-6M. Domestic Mode of Exports and Imports by Tonnage and Value: 2007 and 2040
International trade has grown rapidly and is placing pressure on the domestic transportation network and on all modes. Trucks are the most common mode used to move imports and exports between international gateways and inland locations.
Table 2-6 (standard units)
 |
Millions of Tons - 2007 |
Millions of Tons - 2040 |
Billions of 2007 Dollars - 2007 |
Billions of 2007 Dollars - 2040 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 2,005 | 4,332 | 3,198 | 9,850 |
| Truck1 | 763 | 1,911 | 1,343 | 3,880 |
| Rail | 259 | 543 | 197 | 419 |
| Water | 137 | 235 | 52 | 92 |
| Air, air & truck2 | 10 | 35 | 927 | 3,606 |
| Multiple modes & mail3 | 152 | 426 | 287 | 929 |
| Pipeline | 344 | 653 | 147 | 274 |
| Other & unknown | 41 | 102 | 112 | 457 |
| No domestic mode4 | 298 | 426 | 134 | 193 |
1Excludes truck moves to and from airports.
2Includes truck moves to and from airports.
3Multiple modes & mail includes U.S. Postal Service, courier shipments, and all intermodal combinations, except air and truck. In this table, oceangoing export and import shipments that move between ports and domestic locations by single modes are classified by the domestic mode rather than multiple modes & mail.
4No domestic mode includes waterborne import shipments of crude petroleum off-loaded directly at the domestic destination (refineries) with no domestic mode of transportation.
Note:
Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source:
U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Office of Freight Management and Operations, Freight Analysis Framework, version 3.1, 2010.
Table 2-6M (metric units)
|
Millions of Metric Tonnes - 2007 |
Millions of Metric Tonnes - 2040 |
Billions of 2007 Dollars - 2007 |
Billions of 2007 Dollars - 2040 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 1,819 | 3,930 | 3,198 | 9,850 |
| Truck1 | 692 | 1,734 | 1,343 | 3,880 |
| Rail | 235 | 493 | 197 | 419 |
| Water | 124 | 213 | 52 | 92 |
| Air, air & truck2 | 9 | 32 | 927 | 3,606 |
| Multiple modes & mail3 | 138 | 387 | 287 | 929 |
| Pipeline | 312 | 592 | 147 | 274 |
| Other & unknown | 37 | 93 | 112 | 457 |
| No domestic mode4 | 270 | 387 | 134 | 193 |
1Excludes truck moves to and from airports.
2Includes truck moves to and from airports.
3Intermodal includes U.S. Postal Service and courier shipments and all intermodal combinations, except air and truck. In this table, oceangoing exports and imports that move between ports and domestic locations by single modes are classified by the domestic mode rather than as intermodal.
4No domestic mode includes waterborne import shipments of crude petroleum off-loaded directly at the domestic destination (refineries) with no domestic mode of transportation.
Notes:
1 metric tonne = 1.1023 short tons. Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source:
U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Office of Freight Management and Operations, Freight Analysis Framework, version 3.1, 2010.
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