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Table 3-2a: U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Attributed to Transportation-Related Final Demand

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Table 3-2a: U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Attributed to Transportation-Related Final Demand

(Current $ billions)

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  1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 R1999 2000
Personal consumption of transportation                          
Motor vehicles and parts 87.0 175.7 R206.4 R182.8 R200.2 R222.1 R242.3 249.3 256.3 R264.2 R288.8 324.7 346.8
Gasoline and oil 86.7 97.2 R107.3 R102.5 R104.9 R106.6 R109.0 113.3 124.2 R128.1 R114.8 129.5 165.3
Transport services 64.7 100.0 R141.8 R142.8 R155.0 R166.2 R180.9 197.7 214.2 234.4 R246.3 257.4 272.8
Total 238.4 372.9 R455.5 R428.1 R460.1 R494.9 R532.2 560.3 594.7 R626.7 R649.9 711.6 784.9
Gross private domestic investment                          
Transportation structures 3.7 4.3 3.0 3.2 3.7 4.1 4.3 4.4 5.4 R5.9 R7.0 6.2 5.2
Transportation equipment 48.4 69.7 R75.7 79.5 R86.1 R98.1 R117.8 126.1 138.9 R151.4 R168.2 199.1 195.9
Total 52.1 74.0 R78.7 82.7 R89.8 R102.2 R122.1 130.5 144.3 R157.3 R175.2 205.3 201.1
Exports (+)                          
Civilian aircraft, engines, and parts 14.1 13.5 32.2 36.6 37.7 32.7 31.5 26.1 30.8 41.4 53.5 52.9 48.1
Automotive vehicles, engines, and parts 17.4 24.9 36.5 40.0 47.0 52.5 57.8 61.8 65.0 74.0 R72.4 75.1 80.2
Passenger fares 2.6 4.4 15.3 15.9 16.6 R16.5 R17.0 18.9 20.4 R20.9 R20.1 19.8 20.7
Other transportation 11.6 14.7 R22.0 R22.6 R21.5 R22.0 R23.8 26.1 26.1 27.0 R25.6 26.9 30.2
Total 45.7 57.5 R106.0 R115.1 R122.8 R123.7 R130.1 132.9 142.3 163.3 R171.6 174.7 179.2
Imports (-)                          
Civilian aircraft, engines, and parts 3.1 5.3 10.5 11.7 12.6 11.3 11.3 10.7 12.7 16.6 21.8 23.8 26.4
Automotive vehicles, engines, and parts 28.3 64.9 88.5 85.7 91.8 102.4 118.3 123.8 128.9 139.8 R148.7 179.0 195.9
Passenger fares 3.6 6.4 10.5 10.0 10.6 R11.4 R13.1 14.7 15.8 18.1 R20.0 21.3 24.2
Other transportation 11.8 15.6 R25.0 R25.0 R23.8 R24.5 R26.0 27.0 27.4 29.0 R30.4 34.1 41.1
Total 46.8 92.2 R134.5 R132.4 R138.8 R149.6 R168.7 176.2 184.8 203.5 R220.9 258.2 287.6
Net exports of transportation-related goods and servicesa  -1.1 -34.7 R-28.5 R-17.3 R-16.0 R-25.9 R-38.6 -43.3 -42.5  -40.2 R-49.3 -83.5  -108.4
Government transportation-related purchases                          
Federal purchasesb 7.0 10.0 12.9 14.5 15.3 15.9 17.1 16.3 17.2 17.6 R18.3 18.6 19.5
State and local purchasesb 48.8 67.5 90.1 93.2 95.6 100.7 106.6 109.8 115.2 R123.6 R130.0 140.7 147.6
Defense-related purchasesc 4.2 6.2 R8.0 R15.7 R11.4 R9.3 8.2 8.4 8.8 R8.3 R8.3 8.9 8.9
Total 60.0 83.7 R111.0 R123.4 R122.3 R125.9 131.9 134.5 141.2 R149.5 R156.6 168.2 176.0
Gross Domestic Product 2,795.6 4,213.0 5,803.2 5,986.2 6,318.9 6,642.3 7,054.3 7,400.5 7,813.2 R8,318.4 R8,781.5 9,268.6 9,872.9
Total transportation-related final demandd 349.4 495.9 R616.7 R616.9 R656.2 R697.1 R747.6 782.0 837.7 R893.3 R932.4 1,001.6 1,053.6
Total transportation in GDP (%) 12.5 11.8 R10.6 R10.3 R10.4 R10.5 R10.6 10.6 10.7 10.7 R10.6 10.8 10.7

KEY: R = revised.

a Sum of exports and imports.

b Federal purchases and state and local purchases are the sum of consumption expenditures and gross investment.

c Defense-related purchases are the sum of transportation of material and travel.

d Sum of total personal consumption of transportation, total gross private domestic investment, net exports of transportation-related goods and services, and total government transportation-related purchases.

SOURCES:

Federal, state, and local government transportation-related purchases:

1980-97: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Survey of Current Business (Washington, DC: October 2001), table 3.15.

1998-2000: Ibid., Internet site http://www.bea.doc.gov/ as of Oct. 22, 2001, table 1.1.

GDP:

U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Internet site http://www.bea.doc.gov/ as of Oct. 22, 2001, table 1.1.

All other data:

U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Internet site http://www.bea.doc.gov/ as of Oct. 22, 2001, tables 1.1, 2.2, 3.10, 4.3, and 5.4.