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Table 2-2. Shipments by Mode and Value: 2002 and 2035 (Billions of Dollars)

The U.S. transportation system in 2002 moved, on average, 53 million tons of freight worth $36 billion each day. Trucks moved about 60 percent of freight by weight, the same proportion expected in 2035. However, over this period tons transported overall are expected to almost double with international shipments growing somewhat faster than domestic shipments. Trucks transported two-thirds of freight by value. This share is expected to decline slightly by 2035 as the value of intermodal shipments increases.

Table in Excel format

empty Cell 2002
Total
2002
Domestic
2002
Exports3
2002
Imports3
2035
Total
2035
Domestic
2035
Exports3
2035
Imports3
Total(P) 13,12011,083(P) 735(P) 1,302(P) 38,39929,592(P) 2,623(P) 6,184
Truck8,8568,44720120823,76721,6558061,306
Rail382288266870248363156
Water1037613131511033118
Air, air & truck(P) 663162(P) 226(P) 275 (P) 2,455 721(P) 778(P) 955
Intermodal11,9679832687168,9664,3159433,708
Pipeline and unknown21,1491,1271222,3572,315141

Key: P = preliminary

1Intermodal includes U.S. Postal Service and courier shipments and all intermodal combinations, except air and truck.
2Pipeline and unknown shipments are combined because data on region-to-region flows by pipeline are statistically uncertain.
3Data do not include imports and exports that pass through the United States from a foreign origin to a foreign destination by any mode.

Notes: Numbers may not add to total due to rounding.

Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Office of Freight Management and Operations, Freight Analysis Framework, 2006.

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