Freight Facts and Figures 2008
Tables 2-1 and 2-1M. Weight of Shipments by Transportation Mode: 2002, 2007, and 2035
The U.S. transportation system moved, on average, 53 million tons of freight worth $36 billion each day in 2002. The Freight Analysis Framework (FAF) forecasts that tons transported will almost double by 2035, with international shipments growing somewhat faster than domestic shipments. The provisional estimate of tons moved in 2007 is consistent with annual growth rates in the FAF forecast for all modes except water, which declined slightly, and air and intermodal, which grew at faster rates.
Table 2-1 (standard units - millions of tons)
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2002 Total | 2002 Domestic | 2002 Exports3 | 2002 Imports3 | 2007 Total | 2007 Domestic | 2007 Exports3 | 2007 Imports3 | 2035 Total | 2035 Domestic | 2035 Exports3 | 2035 Imports3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 19,328 | 17,670 | 525 | 1,133 | 21,225 | 19,268 | 619 | 1,338 | (R) 37,210 | (R) 33,666 | 1,112 | 2,432 |
| Truck | 11,539 | 11,336 | 106 | 97 | 12,896 | 12,691 | 107 | 97 | (R) 22,813 | (R) 22,230 | 262 | 320 |
| Rail | 1,879 | 1,769 | 32 | 78 | 2,030 | 1,872 | 65 | 92 | 3,525 | 3,292 | 57 | 176 |
| Water | 701 | 595 | 62 | 44 | 689 | 575 | 57 | 57 | 1,041 | 874 | 114 | 54 |
| Air, air & truck | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 61 | 10 | 13 | 38 |
| Intermodal1 | 1,292 | 196 | 317 | 780 | 1,505 | 191 | 379 | 935 | 2,598 | 334 | 660 | 1,604 |
| Pipeline & unknown2 | 3,905 | 3,772 | 4 | 130 | 4,091 | 3,934 | 6 | 151 | 7,172 | 6,926 | 5 | 240 |
Key: R = revised.
1Intermodal includes U.S. Postal Service and courier shipments and all intermodal combinations, except air and truck. Intermodal also includes oceangoing exports and imports that move between ports and interior domestic locations by modes other than water.
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:
The 2007 data are provisional estimates, which are based on selected modal and economic trend data. Methods used to develop these estimates have improved over time, and as a consequence, previously released annual provisional estimates are superseded by the 2007 estimates in this table. Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.
Sources:
2002 and 2035: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Office of Freight Management and Operations, Freight Analysis Framework, version 2.2, 2007.
2007: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Office of Freight Management and Operations, Freight Analysis Framework, 2007 provisional estimates, 2008.
Table 2-1M (metric units - millions of metric tonnes)
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2002 Total | 2002 Domestic | 2002 Exports3 | 2002 Imports3 | 2007 Total | 2007 Domestic | 2007 Exports3 | 2007 Imports3 | 2035 Total | 2035 Domestic | 2035 Exports3 | 2035 Imports3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 17,588 | 16,079 | 477 | 1,031 | 19,315 | 17,534 | 563 | 1,218 | (R) 33,757 | (R) 30,542 | 1,012 | 2,213 |
| Truck | 10,501 | 10,316 | 97 | 88 | 11,735 | 11,549 | 98 | 88 | (R) 20,696 | (R) 20,167 | 239 | 291 |
| Rail | 1,710 | 1,610 | 29 | 71 | 1,847 | 1,703 | 59 | 84 | 3,208 | 2,996 | 52 | 160 |
| Water | 638 | 541 | 57 | 40 | 627 | 523 | 52 | 52 | 948 | 795 | 104 | 49 |
| Air, air & truck | 10 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 56 | 9 | 12 | 35 |
| Intermodal1 | 1,176 | 178 | 288 | 709 | 1,370 | 174 | 345 | 851 | 2,364 | 304 | 601 | 1,460 |
| Pipeline & unknown2 | 3,554 | 3,432 | 4 | 118 | 3,723 | 3,580 | 6 | 138 | 6,526 | 6,303 | 5 | 219 |
Key: R = revised.
1Intermodal includes U.S. Postal Service and courier shipments and all intermodal combinations, except air and truck. Intermodal also includes oceangoing exports and imports that move between ports and interior domestic locations by modes other than water.
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 Stateds from a foreign origin to a foreign destination by any mode.
Notes:
1 metric tonne = 1.1 short tons. The 2007 data are provisional estimates, which are based on selected modal and economic trend data. Methods used to develop these estimates have improved over time, and as a consequence, previously released annual provisional estimates are superseded by the 2007 estimates in this table. Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.
Sources:
2002 and 2035: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Office of Freight Management and Operations, Freight Analysis Framework, version 2.2, 2007.
2007: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Office of Freight Management and Operations, Freight Analysis Framework, 2007 provisional estimates, 2008.
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