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Tables 2-6 NEW and 2-6M NEW. Domestic Mode of Exports and Imports by Weight and Value: 2002 and 2035 (Historical)

Table in Excel format

empty Cell 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 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

empty Cell 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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