"Figure 1-2
Tonnage of U.S. Waterborne Imports and Exports (Monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)",,,,,,,
,Metric Tons,,,,,,
Jan-98,,,,,,,
Feb-98,,,,,,,
Mar-98,,,,,,,
Apr-98,"90,871",,,,,,
May-98,"93,570",,,,,,
Jun-98,"89,575",,,,,,
Jul-98,"93,943",,,,,,
Aug-98,"94,120",,,,,,
Sep-98,"85,872",,,,,,
Oct-98,"97,768",,,,,,
Nov-98,"89,734",,,,,,
Dec-98,"89,016",,,,,,
Jan-99,"82,754",,,,,,
Feb-99,"80,036",,,,,,
Mar-99,"87,348"
Apr-99,"92,065"
May-99,"92,096"
Jun-99,"95,943"
Jul-99,"94,950"
Aug-99,"93,558"
Sep-99,"93,979"
Oct-99,"94,565"
Nov-99,"93,378"
Dec-99,"90,777"
Jan-00,"87,075"
Feb-00,"88,967"
Mar-00,"95,947"
Apr-00,"91,258"
May-00,"98,537"
Jun-00,"99,498"
Jul-00,"100,799"
Aug-00,"104,721"
Sep-00,"96,897"
Oct-00,"102,817"
Nov-00,"94,659"
Dec-00,"96,658"
Jan-03,"100,949"
Feb-01,"89,003"
Mar-01,"96,822"
Apr-01,"98,911"
May-01,"99,995"
Jun-01,"94,624"
Jul-03,"95,676"
Aug-01,"101,000"
Sep-01,"91,000"
Oct-01,"101,000"
Nov-01,"99,000"
Dec-01,"94,000"
"SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, Office of Statistical and Economic Analysis, U.S. Foreign Waterborne Transportation Statistics data, available at http://www.marad.dot.gov/statistics/usfwts/ index.html as of February 2002.",
• Trade decline in early 1999 may have been due mainly to the financial crisis in Asia and Latin America.,