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Table 1-50M: U.S. Waterborne Freight

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Table 1-50M: U.S. Waterborne Freight

(Million short tonnes)

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  1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
TOTAL freight 997.8 1,154.8 1,389.5 1,537.7 1,813.4 1,622.4 1,963.0 1,897.9 1,934.2 1,930.7 2,009.2 2,032.5 2,072.1 2,116.6 2,122.4 2,107.0 (R) 2,199.5 2,171.1 (R) 2,123.0 2,172.0 2,315.1 2,293.0 2,348.2 2,326.0
Foreign 307.8 402.5 527.0 679.2 835.9 702.5 944.9 919.5 941.2 961.7 1,012.2 1,040.9 1,073.6 1,107.3 1,129.8 1,143.8 (R) 1,229.0 1,225.4 (R) 1,196.8 1,250.2 1,365.2 1,359.6 1,419.7 1,399.3
Imports 191.7 244.8 307.8 432.3 469.5 374.4 544.3 503.8 532.3 588.6 652.7 610.2 664.6 715.1 762.7 780.9 852.5 863.5 848.1 911.5 988.0 995.1 1,025.9 975.8
Exports 116.1 157.8 219.2 246.9 366.4 328.1 400.6 415.7 408.9 373.1 359.5 430.6 409.0 392.2 367.1 362.9 376.5 362.0 348.6 338.7 377.2 364.5 393.8 423.5
Domestic 690.0 752.2 862.5 858.5 977.5 920.0 1,018.1 978.4 993.0 969.0 997.0 991.6 998.5 1,009.3 992.6 963.2 970.5 945.7 926.2 921.8 949.9 933.4 928.5 926.7
Inland 264.0 335.3 428.3 457.2 485.3 485.0 564.8 544.7 563.4 550.9 561.0 562.7 564.3 572.0 567.0 566.6 570.1 562.3 551.6 553.0 568.1 566.1 569.4 564.2
Coastal 189.8 182.8 216.3 210.4 299.0 281.0 270.9 267.2 258.7 246.5 251.3 241.9 242.6 238.7 226.5 207.6 205.9 202.9 196.3 202.7 200.1 193.8 183.1 186.7
Great Lakes 140.7 139.4 142.5 117.3 104.4 83.4 99.9 93.8 97.4 99.7 104.1 105.3 104.2 111.3 110.8 103.3 103.7 90.7 92.0 81.4 93.9 87.3 87.9 86.8
Intraport 94.5 93.3 73.9 71.0 85.4 67.4 78.4 68.6 69.7 67.5 75.2 75.4 80.7 81.5 81.7 80.4 85.8 84.6 81.7 78.8 82.8 81.8 82.9 84.4
Intraterritory 0.9 1.3 1.5 2.6 3.3 3.1 4.1 4.1 3.9 4.5 5.4 6.2 6.6 5.7 6.5 5.3 5.0 5.3 4.6 5.8 5.0 4.4 5.3 4.7

KEY: R = revised.

NOTES

Beginning in 1996, shipments of fish are excluded from domestic tonnage totals.

Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.

Conversion: 1 short ton=.90718474 short tonnes

SOURCES

1960: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce of the United States, Calendar Year 2004 (New Orleans, LA), part 5, tables 1-1, 1-3, and 1-6.

1965-2007: Ibid., Waterborne Commerce of the United States (New Orleans, LA, Annual Issues), available at http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/ndc as of July 14, 2009.