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5-3 Transportation-Related Final Demand

Monday, January 13, 2014

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billions of chained 2005 dollars

Category 2001 2011
Personal consumption of transportation 922 854
Motor vehicles and parts 374 347
Motor vehicle fuels, lubricants, and fluids 264 257
Transportation services 284 249
Gross private domestic investment 177 165
Transportation structures 8 9
Transportation equipment 170 157
Government transportation-related purchases 234 226
Federal purchases 25 34
State and local purchases 198 173
Defense-related purchases 12 19
Exports ( + ) 196 251
Imports ( - ) 305 334
Total transportation-related final demand 1,224 1,163
U.S. GDP 11,338 13,299

Note: Transportation-related final demand measures the size of transportation functions in relation to the GDP. It includes the transportation portion of the four components of the GDP: personal consumption, gross private domestic investment, government purchases, and net exports of goods and services.

Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics, table 3-4, available at www.bts.gov as of October 2013.