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Freight Facts and Figures 2009

Tables 2-6 and 2-6M. Domestic Mode of Exports and Imports by Tonnage and Value: 2002 and 2035

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)

Table in Excel format

Empty cell. Millions of Tons
2002

Millions of Tons
2035

Billions of
2002 Dollars
2002
Billions of
2002 Dollars
2035
Total 1,658 3,544 2,145 12,277
Truck1 797 2,116 1,198 6,193
Rail 200 397 114 275
Water 106 168 26 49
Air, air & truck2 9 54 614 5,242
Intermodal3 22 50 52 281
Pipeline & unknown4 524 760 141 238

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 intermodal.

4Pipeline and unknown shipments are combined because data on region-to-region flows by pipeline are statistically uncertain.

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 2.2, 2007.

 

Table 2-6M (metric units)

Table in Excel format

Empty cell. Millions of
Metric Tonnes
2002
Millions of
Metric Tonnes
2035
Billions of
2002 Dollars
2002
Billions of
2002 Dollars
2035
Total 1,504 3,215 2,145 12,277
Truck1 723 1,920 1,198 6,193
Rail 181 360 114 275
Water 97 152 26 49
Air, air & truck2 8 49 614 5,242
Intermodal3 20 45 52 281
Pipeline & unknown4 475 689 141 238

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.

4Pipeline and unknown shipments are combined because data on region-to-region flows by pipeline are statistically uncertain.

Note: 

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 2.2, 2007.

 


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