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Freight Facts and Figures 2009

Tables 2-8 and 2-8M. Value and Tonnage of U.S. Merchandise Trade with Canada and Mexico by Transportation Mode: 1997-2008 (Historical)

Table 2-8 (standard units)

Table in Excel format

Mode 1997
Value  (Current US$ billions)
1997
Weight (millions of short tons)
1998
Value  (Current US$ billions)
1998
Weight (millions of short tons)
1999
Value  (Current US$ billions)
1999
Weight (millions of short tons)
2000
Value  (Current US$ billions)
2000
Weight (millions of short tons)
20011
Value  (Current US$ billions)
20011
Weight (millions of short tons)
2002
Value  (Current US$ billions)
2002
Weight (millions of short tons)
2003
Value  (Current US$ billions)
2003
Weight (millions short tons)
2004
Value  (Current US$ billions)
2004
Weight (millions short tons)
20052
Value  (Current US$ billions)
20052
Weight (millions short tons)
2006
Value  (Current US$ billions)
2006
Weight (millions short tons)
2007
Value  (Current US$ billions)
2007
Weight (millions short tons)
2008
Value  (Current US$ billions)
2008
Weight (millions short tons)
Truck 323 NA 350 NA 385 NA 429 NA 395 180 398 NA 404 NA 453 NA 491 191 534 NA 555 NA 554 NA
Rail 70 NA 68 NA 78 NA 94 NA 93 97 92 NA 96 NA 108 NA 116 141 129 NA 138 NA 140 NA
Air 28 <1 30 <1 34 1 45 <1 37 <1 30 <1 28 <1 32 <1 33 <1 36 <1 38 1 41 0
Water 22 173 21 183 23 183 33 194 29 214 33 207 38 216 46 244 58 256 70 251 74 241 93 232
Pipeline 14 NA 11 NA 12 NA 24 NA 26 79 23 NA 32 NA 39 NA 52 86 57 NA 59 NA 88 NA
Other 19 NA 23 NA 25 NA 29 NA 31 1 29 NA 31 NA 34 NA 39 5 40 NA 44 NA 46 NA
Total 475 479 503 NA 559 NA 653 NA 612 572 604 545 629 563 712 NA 790 679 865 NA 908 NA 962 NA

Key: NA = not available.

12001 data are from the U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, International Trade and Freight Transportation Trends (Washington, DC: 2003), tables 22 and C-11, available at www.bts.gov as of July 12, 2004. "Other" includes "flyaway aircraft" (i.e., aircraft moving from the manufacturer to a customer and not carrying any freight), vessels moving under their own power, pedestrians carrying freight, and miscellaneous.

2 2005 data are from the U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, North American Freight Transportation (Washington, DC: 2003), tables A-1 and A-2, available at www.bts.gov as of July 18, 2008. Weights of export shipments by land modes are not collected in the administrative records that provide official U.S. trade data. The Bureau of Transportation Statistics has estimated the land mode export tonnage using value-to-weight ratios derived from imported commodities. Value-to-weight ratios for exported commodities may differ from imported commodities.

Notes:

1 short ton = 2,000 pounds. Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding. For value, “Other” is the difference between the total and the sum of the individual modes.

Source:

U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Transborder Freight Data availabe at www.bts.gov/transborder as of September 2009.

 

Table 2-8M (metric units)

Table in Excel format

Mode 1997
Value  (current US$ billions)
1997
Weight (millions of metric tonnes)
1998
Value  (current US$ billions)
1998
Weight (millions of metric tonnes)

1999
Value  (current US$ billions)

1999
Weight (millions of metric tonnes)
2000
Value  (current US$ billions)

2000
Weight (millions of metric tonnes)

20011
Value  (current US$ billions)
20011
Weight (millions of metric tonnes)
2002
Value  (current US$ billions)
2002
Weight (millions of metric tonnes)
2003
Value  (current US$ billions)
2003
Weight (millions of metric tonnes)
2004
Value  (current US$ billions)
2004
Weight  (millions of metric tonnes)
20052
Value  (current US$ billions)
20052
Weight  (millions of metric tonnes)
2006
Value  (current US$ billions)
2006
Weight (millions of metric tonnes)
2007
Value  (current US$ billions)
2007
Weight (millions of metric tonnes)
2008
Value  (current US$ billions)
2008
Weight (millions of metric tonnes)
Truck 323 NA 350 NA 385 NA 429 NA 395 164 398 NA 404 NA 453 NA 491 173 534 NA 555 174 554 165
Rail 70 NA 68 NA 78 NA 94 NA 93 88 92 NA 96 NA 108 NA 116 128 129 NA 138 140 140 134
Air 28 <1 30 <1 34 <1 45 <1 37 <1 30 <1 28 <1 32 <1 33 <1 36 <1 38 <1 41 <1
Water 22 157 21 166 23 166 33 176 29 194 33 188 38 196 46 222 58 232 70 228 74 219 93 211
Pipeline 14 NA 11 NA 12 NA 24 NA 26 72 23 NA 32 NA 39 NA 52 78 57 NA 59 86 88 89
Other 19 NA 23 NA 25 NA 29 NA 31 1 29 NA 31 NA 34 NA 39 5 40 NA 44 7 46 6
Total 475 435 503 NA 559 NA 653 NA 612 519 604 495 629 511 712 NA 790 616 865 NA 908 627 962 606

Key: NA = not available.

12001 data are from the U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, International Trade and Freight Transportation Trends (Washington, DC: 2003), tables 22 and C-11, available at www.bts.gov as of July 12, 2004. "Other" includes "flyaway aircraft" (i.e., aircraft moving from the manufacturer to a customer and not carrying any freight), vessels moving under their own power, pedestrians carrying freight, and miscellaneous.

22005 data are from the U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, North American Freight Transportation (Washington, DC: 2003), tables A-1 and A-2, available at www.bts.gov as of July 18, 2008. Weights of export shipments by land modes are not collected in the administrative records that provide official U.S. trade data. The Bureau of Transportation Statistics has estimated the land mode export tonnage using value-to-weight ratios derived from imported commodities. Value-to-weight ratios for exported commodities may differ from imported commodities.

Notes:

1 metric tonne = 1.1023 short tons. Individual modal totals may not sum to exact totals due to rounding. For value, “Other” is the difference between the total and the sum of the individual modes. Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.

Source:

U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Transborder Freight Data, March 2009, available as of June 15, 2009.

 


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