Table 23 Value of U.S. International Merchandise Trade by Mode of Transportation: 2003
Table 23 Value of U.S. International Merchandise Trade by Mode of Transportation: 2003
(Millions of current U.S. dollars)
| Exports | Modal % |
Imports | Modal % |
Total trade |
Total modal % |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 723,743 | 100.0 | 1,259,396 | 100.0 | 1,983,139 | 100.0 |
| Water | 206,205 | 28.5 | 604,881 | 48.0 | 811,086 | 40.9 |
| Air | 235,602 | 32.6 | 284,741 | 22.6 | 523,343 | 26.4 |
| Truck | 194,786 | 26.9 | 209,249 | 16.6 | 404,035 | 20.4 |
| Rail | 26,041 | 3.6 | 69,683 | 5.5 | 95,724 | 4.8 |
| Pipeline | 915 | 0.1 | 31,451 | 2.5 | 32,366 | 1.6 |
| Other, unknown, & miscellaneous | 60,194 | 8.3 | 56,390 | 4.5 | 116,584 | 5.9 |
Notes: Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.
Water-Excludes intransit data (merchandise shipped from one foreign country to another via a U.S. water port).
Imports-Excludes imports valued at less than $1,250. Import value is based on U.S. general imports, customs value basis.
Exports-Excludes exports valued at less than $2,500. Export value is FAS (free alongside ship) and represents the value of exports at the port of export, including the transaction price and inland freight, insurance, and other charges.
Sources: Compiled by U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), May 2004. Water and air data-U.S. Depart-ment of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Exports of Merchandise, CD-ROM and U.S. Imports of Merchandise, CD-ROM, December 2003. Total, truck, rail, pipeline, other and unknown data-USDOT, BTS, Transborder Surface Freight Data 2004.