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VALUE OF TRANSPORTATION-RELATED IMPORTS
Components of Transportation-Related Imports (quarterly data, seasonally
adjusted)
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The largest item in U.S. transportation related imports has been automobile
vehicles, engines, and parts, which accounted for 60 percent of U.S. total
transportation-related imports. After a sharp increase during the period
from mid-1998 to the beginning of 2000, the growth of U.S. imports of
automobile vehicles decreased slightly in the last two years.
| Transportation-related total |
79.60 |
82.05 |
| Transportation-related total percent change from previous quarter |
-5.69 |
3.08 |
| Automotive and parts |
47.13 |
47.23 |
| Automotive and parts percent change from previous quarter |
-1.82 |
0.21 |
| Travel |
11.23 |
13.50 |
| Travel percent change from previous quarter |
-18.21 |
20.27 |
| Other |
8.88 |
8.95 |
| Other percent change from previous quarter |
-3.01 |
0.85 |
| Civilian aircraft and parts |
8.08 |
7.25 |
| Civilian aircraft and parts percent change from previous quarter |
5.21 |
-10.22 |
| Passenger fares |
4.30 |
5.13 |
| Passenger fares percent change from previous quarter |
-26.50 |
19.19 |
NOTES: "Other transportation" imports include payments for freight transportation
services and port services.
Passenger fares include international transportation fares, particularly,
air fares and ocean liner fares.
Travel includes intercity and local fares within a country, hotel and
restaurant, admission fees, and souvenir expenditures.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis; National
Income and Product Accounts data, Table 4.3; May 24 2002; available at:
http://www.bea.doc.gov/bea/dn/nipaweb/AllTables.asp?Selected=N#S4;
based on Survey of Current Business.
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