Freight Facts and Figures 2010
Tables 2-8 and 2-8M. Value and Tonnage of U.S. Merchandise Trade with Canada and Mexico by Transportation Mode: 1997-2009 (Historical)
Table 2-8 (standard units)
| Mode | 1997 Value (Current US$ billions) |
1997 Weight (millions of short tons) |
1998 Value (Current US$ billions) |
1998 Weight (millions of short tons) |
1999 Value (Current US$ billions) |
1999 Weight (millions of short tons) |
2000 Value (Current US$ billions) |
2000 Weight (millions of short tons) |
20011 Value (Current US$ billions) |
20011 Weight (millions of short tons) |
2002 Value (Current US$ billions) |
2002 Weight (millions of short tons) |
2003 Value (Current US$ billions) |
2003 Weight (millions short tons) |
2004 Value (Current US$ billions) |
2004 Weight (millions short tons) |
20052 Value (Current US$ billions) |
20052 Weight (millions short tons) |
2006 Value (Current US$ billions) |
2006 Weight (millions short tons) |
2007 Value (Current US$ billions) |
2007 Weight (millions short tons) |
2008 Value (Current US$ billions) |
2008 Weight (millions short tons) |
2009 Value (Current US$ billions) |
2009 Weight (millions short tons) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Truck | 323 | NA | 350 | NA | 385 | NA | 429 | NA | 395 | 180 | 398 | NA | 404 | NA | 453 | NA | 491 | 191 | 534 | NA | 555 | 192 | 554 | 182 | 455 | 155 |
| Rail | 70 | NA | 68 | NA | 78 | NA | 94 | NA | 93 | 97 | 92 | NA | 96 | NA | 108 | NA | 116 | 141 | 129 | NA | 138 | 154 | 140 | 148 | 96 | 108 |
| Air | 28 | <1 | 30 | <1 | 34 | 1 | 45 | <1 | 37 | <1 | 30 | <1 | 28 | <1 | 32 | <1 | 33 | <1 | 36 | <1 | 38 | <1 | 41 | <1 | 39 | <1 |
| Water | 22 | 173 | 21 | 183 | 23 | 183 | 33 | 194 | 29 | 214 | 33 | 207 | 38 | 216 | 46 | 244 | 58 | 256 | 70 | 251 | 74 | 241 | 93 | 232 | 59 | 189 |
| Pipeline | 14 | NA | 11 | NA | 12 | NA | 24 | NA | 26 | 79 | 23 | NA | 32 | NA | 39 | NA | 52 | 86 | 57 | NA | 59 | 95 | 88 | 99 | 49 | 99 |
| Other | 19 | NA | 23 | NA | 25 | NA | 29 | NA | 31 | 1 | 29 | NA | 31 | NA | 34 | NA | 39 | 5 | 40 | NA | 44 | 7 | 47 | 7 | 37 | 6 |
| Total | 475 | 479 | 503 | NA | 559 | NA | 653 | NA | 612 | 572 | 604 | 545 | 629 | 563 | 712 | NA | 790 | 679 | 865 | NA | 908 | 691 | 964 | 668 | 735 | 557 |
Key: NA = not available.
12001 data are from the U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, International Trade and Freight Transportation Trends (Washington, DC: 2003), tables 22 and C-11, available at www.bts.gov as of July 12, 2004. "Other" includes "flyaway aircraft" (i.e., aircraft moving from the manufacturer to a customer and not carrying any freight), vessels moving under their own power, pedestrians carrying freight, and miscellaneous.
22005 data are from the U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, North American Freight Transportation (Washington, DC: 2003), tables A-1 and A-2, available at www.bts.gov as of July 18, 2008. Weights of export shipments by land modes are not collected in the administrative records that provide official U.S. trade data. The Bureau of Transportation Statistics has estimated the land mode export tonnage using value-to-weight ratios derived from imported commodities. Value-to-weight ratios for exported commodities may differ from imported commodities.
Notes:
1 short ton = 2,000 pounds. Mode "Other" includes shipments transported by mail, other and unknown modes, and shipments through Foreign Trade Zones. Totals for the most recent year differ slightly from the Freight Analysis Framework due to variations in coverage and FAF conversion of values to constant dollars. Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source:
U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, North American Transborder Freight Data, available at http://www.bts.gov/programs/international/transborder/ as of July 27, 2010; U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Division, FT920 - U.S. Merchandise Trade: Selected Highlights (Washington, DC: annual issues).
Table 2-8M (metric units)
| Mode | 1997 Value (current US$ billions) |
1997 Weight (millions of metric tonnes) |
1998 Value (current US$ billions) |
1998 Weight (millions of metric tonnes) |
1999 |
1999 Weight (millions of metric tonnes) |
2000 Value (current US$ billions) |
2000 |
20011 Value (current US$ billions) |
20011 Weight (millions of metric tonnes) |
2002 Value (current US$ billions) |
2002 Weight (millions of metric tonnes) |
2003 Value (current US$ billions) |
2003 Weight (millions of metric tonnes) |
2004 Value (current US$ billions) |
2004 Weight (millions of metric tonnes) |
20052 Value (current US$ billions) |
20052 Weight (millions of metric tonnes) |
2006 Value (current US$ billions) |
2006 Weight (millions of metric tonnes) |
2007 Value (current US$ billions) |
2007 Weight (millions of metric tonnes) |
2008 Value (current US$ billions) |
2008 Weight (millions of metric tonnes) |
2009 Value (current US$ billions) |
2009 Weight (millions of metric tonnes) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Truck | 323 | NA | 350 | NA | 385 | NA | 429 | NA | 395 | 164 | 398 | NA | 404 | NA | 453 | NA | 491 | 173 | 534 | NA | 555 | 174 | 554 | 165 | 455 | 141 |
| Rail | 70 | NA | 68 | NA | 78 | NA | 94 | NA | 93 | 88 | 92 | NA | 96 | NA | 108 | NA | 116 | 128 | 129 | NA | 138 | 140 | 140 | 134 | 96 | 98 |
| Air | 28 | <1 | 30 | <1 | 34 | <1 | 45 | <1 | 37 | <1 | 30 | <1 | 28 | <1 | 32 | <1 | 33 | <1 | 36 | <1 | 38 | <1 | 41 | <1 | 39 | <1 |
| Water | 22 | 157 | 21 | 166 | 23 | 166 | 33 | 176 | 29 | 194 | 33 | 188 | 38 | 196 | 46 | 222 | 58 | 232 | 70 | 228 | 74 | 219 | 93 | 211 | 59 | 172 |
| Pipeline | 14 | NA | 11 | NA | 12 | NA | 24 | NA | 26 | 72 | 23 | NA | 32 | NA | 39 | NA | 52 | 78 | 57 | NA | 59 | 86 | 88 | 89 | 49 | 89 |
| Other | 19 | NA | 23 | NA | 25 | NA | 29 | NA | 31 | 1 | 29 | NA | 31 | NA | 34 | NA | 39 | 5 | 40 | NA | 44 | 7 | 46 | 6 | 37 | 5 |
| Total | 475 | 435 | 503 | NA | 559 | NA | 653 | NA | 612 | 519 | 604 | 495 | 629 | 511 | 712 | NA | 790 | 616 | 865 | NA | 908 | 627 | 962 | 606 | 735 | 506 |
Key: NA = not available.
12001 data are from the U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, International Trade and Freight Transportation Trends (Washington, DC: 2003), tables 22 and C-11, available at www.bts.gov as of July 12, 2004. "Other" includes "flyaway aircraft" (i.e., aircraft moving from the manufacturer to a customer and not carrying any freight), vessels moving under their own power, pedestrians carrying freight, and miscellaneous.
22005 data are from the U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, North American Freight Transportation (Washington, DC: 2003), tables A-1 and A-2, available at www.bts.gov as of July 18, 2008. Weights of export shipments by land modes are not collected in the administrative records that provide official U.S. trade data. The Bureau of Transportation Statistics has estimated the land mode export tonnage using value-to-weight ratios derived from imported commodities. Value-to-weight ratios for exported commodities may differ from imported commodities.
Notes:
1 metric tonne = 1.1023 short tons. Mode "Other" includes shipments transported by mail, other and unknown modes, and shipments through Foreign Trade Zones. Totals for the most recent year differ slightly from the Freight Analysis Framework due to variations in coverage and FAF conversion of values to constant dollars. Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source:
U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, North American Transborder Freight Data, available at http://www.bts.gov/programs/international/transborder/ as of July 27, 2010; U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Division, FT920 - U.S. Merchandise Trade: Selected Highlights (Washington, DC: annual issues).
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