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Table 2-2. Value of Shipments by Mode: 2002, 2006, 2035 (Billions of Dollars)

The value of freight moved on the U.S. transportation system is increasing faster than tons transported, even when calculated in 2002 prices. The FAF 2006 provisional estimate and 2035 forecast expect the value of shipments to increase between 3.1 percent and 3.5 percent per year while tonnage is predicted to grow between 2.0 percent and 2.1 percent per year.

Table in Excel format | Historical data

empty Cell 2002
Total		 2002
Domestic		 2002
Exports3		 2002
Imports3		 2006
Total		 2006
Domestic		 2006
Exports3		 2006
Imports3		 2035
Total		 2035
Domestic		 2035
Exports3		 2035
Imports3
Total (R) 13,228 11,083 (R) 778 (R) 1,367 14,935 12,104 1,128 1,703 (R) 41,869 29,592 (R) 3,392 (R) 8,884
Truck 8,856 8,447 201 208 9,765 9,069 428 267 23,767 21,655 806 1,306
Rail 382 288 26 68 430 319 33 77 702 483 63 156
Water 103 76 13 13 102 75 10 17 151 103 31 18
Air, air & truck (R) 771 162 (R) 269 (R) 340 1,048 271 351 426 (R) 5,925 721 (R) 1,548 (R) 3,655
Intermodal1 1,967 983 268 716 2,096 904 304 888 8,966 4,315 943 3,708
Pipeline and unknown2 1,149 1,127 1 22 1,494 1,466 1 28 2,357 2,315 1 41

Key: R = revised

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.

Note: 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, Version 2.2, 2007.

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