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Table 2-2 Personal Consumption Expenditures on Transportation by Subcategory of Expenditure

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Table 2-2
Personal Consumption Expenditures on Transportation by Subcategory of Expenditure

(Current value, millions of U.S. dollars)

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  Canada Mexico United States
1990 1995 1996 1990 1995 1996 1990 1995r 1996
Transportation, total 48,100 45,700 49,300 24,673 26,110 32,241 462,500 574,100 612,000
User-operated transportation, totala 40,100 38,200 41,500 13,437 11,334 14,170 426,200 531,800 567,600
Personal road motor vehicles, new and used 18,500 17,900 20,100 3,623 1,726 3,252 180,200 219,100 226,600
New and used passenger cars 14,500 13,600 14,800 U U U 124,000 139,600 141,600
New and used trucks 3,100 3,500 4,500 U U U 51,200 71,600 76,300
New and used motorcycle and other motor vehicles 900 800 800 U U U 5,000 7,900 8,700
Parts and accessories of road motor vehicles 3,800 3,700 3,800 3,777 4,299 4,596 29,400 36,200 38,500
Repair and rental 4,600 4,200 4,300 283 284 308 87,300 128,700 143,700
Repair 4,100 3,900 4,000 U U U 73,500 92,400 98,000
Rental 500 300 300 U U U 13,800 36,300 45,700
Motor fuel and lubricants 11,200 10,000 10,500 5,753 5,024 6,015 109,300 115,600 124,500
Tolls 100 100 100 U U U 2,000 2,800 2,800
Insurance premium, less claims paid 1,900 2,300 2,700 U U U 18,000 29,400 31,500
Purchased intercity transportation, total 6,500 6,000 6,300 5,362 8,748 10,791 28,500 33,100 34,400
Intercity passenger rail 200 100 100 31 9 11 800 800 800
Intercity bus 300 200 200 3,118 6,983 8,316 1,000 1,100 1,100
Air 4,300 4,000 4,200 1,473 1,017 1,484 23,900 27,900 28,500
Other 1,700 1,700 1,800 740 739 978 2,800 3,300 4,000
Purchased local and suburban transportation, total 1,500 1,500 1,500 5,874 6,029 7,280 7,800 9,200 10,000
Mass transit system 1,100 1,100 1,100 1,551 1,367 1,801 5,200 6,000 6,500
Taxi 400 400 400 4,323 4,662 5,479 2,600 3,200 3,500

aExcludes motor vehicles used primarily for recreation.

KEY: r = Data are revised. U = Data are unavailable.

NOTES

All Countries

Purchased local and surburban transportation, mass transit system: Includes purchases for subway, local bus and other transit fares.

Mexico

Data refer to household spending.

SOURCES

Canada

Statistics Canada. Input-Output Division. Special tabulations. (Ottawa, Ont.: 1998).

Mexico

Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática. Dirección General de Contabilidad Nacional, Estudios Socioeconómicos y Precios. Sistema de Cuentas Nacionales de México, 1988-1996. (Aguascalientes, Ags: 1997).

United States

U.S. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, April 1999 based on data from the U.S. Department of Commerce. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Historical Data Tables. (Washington, DC: 1990).

U.S. Department of Commerce. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Survey of Current Business and special tabulations. (Washington, DC:1998).