Table 14 Domestic- and Export-Bound Freight Shipments within the United States: 1997
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Table 14 Domestic- and Export-Bound Freight Shipments within the United States: 1997
| Mode | Value | Tons | Ton-miles | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billions of 1997 $ |
Percent | Millions | Percent | Millions | Percent | |
| Parcel, postal, courier services | 856 | 10.0 | 34 | 0.2 | 18 | 0.5 |
| Truck (for-hire, private, both) | 5,336 | 62.3 | 8,836 | 59.7 | 1,109 | 28.8 |
| Rail (includes truck and rail) | 436 | 5.1 | 1,676 | 11.3 | 1,132 | 29.4 |
| Water | 762 | 8.9 | 2,220 | 15.0 | 726 | 18.9 |
| Air (includes truck and air) | 653 | 7.6 | 10 | 0.1 | 6 | 0.2 |
| Pipeline | 231 | 2.7 | 1,448 | 9.8 | 656 | 17.0 |
| Other and unknown modes | 293 | 3.4 | 576 | 3.9 | 204 | 5.3 |
| Totala | $8,567 | 100.0 | 14,800 | 100.0 | 3,851 | 100.0 |
a Data from the Commodity Flow Survey (CFS), plus Bureau of Transportation Statistics estimates to fill in CFS gaps. The estimates cover out-of-scope farm-based truck shipments, truck and rail imports from Canada and Mexico, and air cargo and water imports and exports.
Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics and U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, 1997 Commodity Flow Survey: United States (Washington, DC: December 1999).