Tables 2-6 NEW and 2-6M NEW. Domestic Mode of Exports and Imports by Weight and Value: 2002 and 2035
International trade is growing 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 in Excel format | Historical data
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Tons (millions) 2002 |
Tons (millions) 2035 |
Value ($ billions) 2002 |
Value ($ billions) 2035 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | (R) 1,658 | (R) 3,544 | (R) 2,145 | (R) 12,277 |
| Truck1 | 797 | 2,116 | 1,198 | 6,193 |
| Rail | 200 | 397 | 114 | 275 |
| Water | 106 | 168 | 26 | 49 |
| Air & truck2 | (R) 9 | (R) 54 | (R) 614 | (R) 5,242 |
| Intermodal3 | 22 | 50 | 52 | 281 |
| Pipeline & unknown4 | 524 | 760 | 141 | 238 |
Key: R = revised
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.
4Pipeline and unknown shipments are combined because data on region-to-region flows by pipeline are statistically uncertain.
Notes: TABLE 2-6 NEW WAS UPDATED IN FEBRUARY 2008. IT DIFFERS FROM THE PRINT VERSION PUBLISHED IN NOVEMBER 2007. 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.
Table 2-6M NEW (metric units - million metric tonnes)
Table in Excel format | Historical data
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Metric Tonnes (millions) 2002 |
Metric Tonnes (millions) 2035 |
Value ($ billions) 2002 |
Value ($ billions) 2035 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | (R) 1,509 | (R) 3,225 | (R) 2,145 | (R) 12,277 |
| Truck1 | 725 | 1,926 | 1,198 | 6,193 |
| Rail | 182 | 361 | 114 | 275 |
| Water | 97 | 153 | 26 | 49 |
| Air & truck2 | (R) 8 | (R) 49 | (R) 614 | (R) 5,242 |
| Intermodal3 | 20 | 46 | 52 | 281 |
| Pipeline & unknown4 | 477 | 692 | 141 | 238 |
Key: R = revised
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.
4Pipeline and unknown shipments are combined because data on region-to-region flows by pipeline are statistically uncertain.
Notes: TABLE 2-6 WAS UPDATED IN FEBRUARY 2008. IT DIFFERS FROM THE PRINT VERSION PUBLISHED IN NOVEMBER 2007. Numbers may not add to total due to rounding. 1 ton = 0.91 metric tonne.
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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