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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.

Table in Excel format

Billions of 2002 dollars

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these estimates have improved over time, and as a consequence, previously released annual provisional estimates are superseded by the 2008 estimates in this table.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