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Table 2-7 Domestic Mode of Exports and Imports by Tonnage and Value: 2007, 2013, and 2040

Thursday, December 31, 2015

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  Millions of Tons Billions of 2007 Dollars
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.