Freight Facts and Figures 2009

Table 2-2. Value of Shipments by Transportation Mode: 2002, 2008, and 2035

The value of freight moved on the U.S. transportation system is increasing faster than tons transported, even when calculated in 2002 prices. Growth in value between 2002 and 2008 is 26.8 percent, compared to 11.2 percent in tons. Imports and exports also account for a larger share of value than tons, accounting for 15.2 percent of the value in 2008.

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Billions of 2002 dollars

	2002 Total	2002 Domestic	2002 Exports³	2002 Imports³	2008 Total	2008 Domestic	2008 Exports³	2008 Imports³	2035 Total	2035 Domestic	2035 Exports³	2035 Imports³
Total	13,228	11,083	778	1,367	16,767	14,217	1,011	1,539	41,867	29,590	3,392	8,884
Truck	8,856	8,447	201	208	11,193	10,719	233	241	23,767	21,654	806	1,306
Rail	382	288	26	68	466	352	42	73	702	483	63	156
Water	103	76	13	13	44	27	7	10	151	103	31	18
Air, air & truck	771	162	269	340	1,022	206	387	428	5,925	721	1,548	3,655
Intermodal¹	1,967	983	268	716	1,881	779	340	762	8,966	4,315	943	3,708
Pipeline and unknown²	1,149	1,127	1	22	2,161	2,134	2	25	2,357	2,315	1	41

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 2008 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these estimates have improved over time, and as a consequence, previously released annual provisional estimates are superseded by the 2008 estimates in this table.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.

2008: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Office of Freight Management and Operations, Freight Analysis Framework, 2008 provisional estimates, 2009.

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