Freight Facts and Figures 2008

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

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 2-6 (standard units)

Table in Excel format

	Tons (millions) 2002	Tons (millions) 2035	Value ($ billions) 2002	Value ($ billions) 2035
Total	1,658	3,544	2,145	12,277
Truck1	797	2,116	1,198	6,193
Rail	200	397	114	(R) 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

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. 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

	Metric Tonnes (millions) 2002	Metric Tonnes (millions) 2035	Value ($ billions) 2002	Value ($ billions) 2035
Total	1,509	3,225	2,145	12,277
Truck1	725	1,926	1,198	6,193
Rail	182	361	114	275
Water	97	153	26	49
Air, air & truck2	8	49	614	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.

Note: 

1 metric tonne = 1.1 short tons. Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding. 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.

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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