Table 2-7 Domestic Mode of Exports and Imports by Tonnage and Value: 2007, 2013, and 2040
Millions of Tons | Billions of 2007 Dollars | |||||
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2007 | 2013 | 2040 | 2007 | 2013 | 2040 | |
Total | 2,027 | 2,113 | 5,426 | 3,193 | 3,487 | 12,134 |
Truck1 | 749 | 815 | 2,365 | 1,968 | 2,104 | 7,852 |
Rail | 279 | 334 | 957 | 200 | 221 | 573 |
Water | 151 | 159 | 268 | 54 | 49 | 94 |
Air, air & truck2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 206 | 198 | 892 |
Multiple modes & mail3 | 149 | 198 | 509 | 278 | 376 | 1,250 |
Pipeline | 346 | 301 | 899 | 137 | 138 | 350 |
Other & unknown | 51 | 61 | 168 | 220 | 293 | 1,016 |
No domestic mode4 | 300 | 242 | 250 | 130 | 106 | 108 |
1Excludes truck moves to and from airports.
2Includes truck moves to and from airports.
3Multiple modes & mail includes U.S. Postal Service, courier shipments, and all intermodal combinations, except air and truck. In this table, oceangoing export and import shipments that move between ports and domestic locations by single modes are classified by the domestic mode rather than by multiple modes & mail.
4No domestic mode includes waterborne import shipments of crude petroleum off-loaded directly at the domestic destination (refineries) with no domestic mode of transportation.
NOTE: Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics and Federal Highway Administration, Office of Freight Management and Operations, Freight Analysis Framework, version 3.5, 2015.