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FIGURE 2-9 U.S. International Merchandise Trade Value and Weight by Transportation Mode: 2014

Thursday, December 31, 2015

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Mode Billions of U.S. Dollars
Total trade Exports Imports
Water 1,753 603 1,151
Air 986 443 543
Truck 715 366 349
Rail 178 64 113
Pipeline 94 15 79
Other/unknown 243 132 111
Total, all modes 3,969 1,623 2,346

 

  Millions of Short Tons
Total trade Exports Imports
Water 1,419 677 742
Air 8 4 4
Truck 206 105 100
Rail 150 54 96
Pipeline 159 25 133
Other/unknown 41 26 15
Total, all modes 1,982 891 1,091

NOTES: 1 short ton = 2,000 pounds. The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), Bureau of Transportation Statistics estimated 2012 weight data for truck, rail, pipeline, and other and unknown modes using value-to-weight ratios derived from imported commodities. Totals for the most recent year differ slightly from the USDOT, Federal Highway Administration, Office of Freight Management and Operations, Freight Analysis Framework (FAF) due to variations in coverage and FAF conversion of values to constant dollars. Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.

SOURCES: Total, water and air data: U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Division, FT920 - U.S. Merchandise Trade: Selected Highlights (Washington, DC: February 2015). Truck, rail, pipeline, and other and unknown data: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transporation Statistics, North American Transborder Freight Data, available at www.bts.gov/transborder as of June 2015.