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Table A3. Transportation Required to Produce Commodities, 2002-2006 (current dollars)

Wednesday, July 2, 2014

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(cents of transportation required to deliver a dollar of the commodity to consumers)

Commodity 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
In-house          
Natural resources and mining          
All 1.56 2.00 2.24 1.57 1.74
Air 0.37 0.74 1.10 0.37 0.39
Rail 0.08 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.06
Water 0.26 0.33 0.26 0.15 0.23
Truck 0.85 0.88 0.84 1.00 1.06
Other NA NA NA NA NA
Construction          
All 1.76 1.87 1.87 2.10 2.28
Air 0.14 0.10 0.12 0.09 0.09
Rail 0.08 0.07 0.06 0.07 0.07
Water 0.06 0.06 0.05 0.08 0.09
Truck 1.48 1.64 1.63 1.86 2.03
Other NA NA NA NA NA
Manufacturing products          
All 1.48 1.82 1.85 1.94 2.10
Air 0.22 0.23 0.30 0.21 0.21
Rail 0.15 0.23 0.22 0.22 0.26
Water 0.05 0.08 0.07 0.04 0.06
Truck 1.06 1.28 1.27 1.46 1.57
Other NA NA NA NA NA
Wholesale and retail trade          
All 3.38 3.66 3.66 4.15 4.44
Air 0.13 0.08 0.11 0.08 0.09
Rail 0.03 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.03
Water 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.03
Truck 3.21 3.52 3.49 4.00 4.29
Other NA NA NA NA NA
Utilities          
All 0.65 0.66 0.69 0.75 0.81
Air 0.19 0.16 0.22 0.12 0.19
Rail 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.03
Water 0.05 0.07 0.05 0.05 0.06
Truck 0.38 0.41 0.40 0.54 0.53
Other NA NA NA NA NA
Information          
All 0.56 0.60 0.58 0.62 0.68
Air 0.10 0.08 0.08 0.07 0.07
Rail 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.03
Water 0.02 0.03 0.02 0.03 0.04
Truck 0.42 0.47 0.45 0.50 0.55
Other NA NA NA NA NA
Financial services          
All 0.50 0.63 0.62 0.72 0.77
Air 0.17 0.15 0.17 0.15 0.14
Rail 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01
Water 0.10 0.17 0.12 0.17 0.19
Truck 0.23 0.30 0.33 0.39 0.42
Other NA NA NA NA NA
Professional and business services          
All 1.21 1.25 1.27 1.38 1.42
Air 0.44 0.35 0.36 0.34 0.30
Rail 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02
Water 0.02 0.03 0.02 0.03 0.04
Truck 0.74 0.86 0.87 0.99 1.07
Other NA NA NA NA NA
Education and health services          
All 0.85 1.00 1.08 1.29 1.53
Air 0.47 0.53 0.63 0.78 0.95
Rail 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03
Water 0.03 0.06 0.05 0.03 0.04
Truck 0.34 0.38 0.38 0.45 0.52
Other NA NA NA NA NA
Leisure and hospitality          
All 1.01 0.84 0.83 0.92 1.46
Air 0.11 0.09 0.11 0.09 0.08
Rail 0.02 0.04 0.03 0.03 0.04
Water 0.19 0.30 0.27 0.33 0.51
Truck 0.69 0.41 0.41 0.47 0.83
Other NA NA NA NA NA
Other services          
All 0.95 0.73 0.72 0.80 1.00
Air 0.10 0.06 0.07 0.06 0.06
Rail 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02
Water 0.05 0.03 0.02 0.03 0.04
Truck 0.78 0.61 0.61 0.69 0.89
Other NA NA NA NA NA
Government          
All 0.45 0.45 0.47 0.51 0.57
Air 0.10 0.07 0.09 0.07 0.07
Rail 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.04
Water 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.03
Truck 0.32 0.32 0.33 0.39 0.43
Other NA NA NA NA NA
For-hire          
Natural resources and mining          
All 4.97 6.29 6.15 6.23 6.12
Air 0.23 3.14 3.08 3.12 3.06
Rail 0.81 0.20 0.20 0.23 0.24
Water 0.12 0.90 0.86 0.85 0.87
Truck 2.47 0.16 0.20 0.23 0.24
Other 1.34 1.89 1.82 1.81 1.72
Construction          
All 4.20 5.59 5.80 6.01 6.03
Air 0.28 2.79 2.90 3.01 3.01
Rail 0.40 0.28 0.28 0.31 0.32
Water 0.06 0.39 0.41 0.42 0.43
Truck 2.35 0.09 0.12 0.13 0.14
Other 1.11 2.03 2.09 2.14 2.12
Manufacturing products          
All 5.78 7.69 8.01 8.52 8.67
Air 0.39 3.85 4.01 4.26 4.34
Rail 0.81 0.40 0.39 0.46 0.49
Water 0.09 0.90 0.92 0.97 1.01
Truck 2.74 0.12 0.16 0.18 0.19
Other 1.75 2.43 2.53 2.65 2.64
Wholesale and retail trade          
All 4.19 2.43 2.60 2.62 2.64
Air 0.19 1.22 1.30 1.31 1.32
Rail 0.10 0.24 0.25 0.27 0.30
Water 0.02 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09
Truck 0.80 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.02
Other 3.07 0.87 0.93 0.92 0.91
Utilities          
All 7.96 3.55 3.36 4.22 4.02
Air 0.27 1.78 1.68 2.11 2.01
Rail 2.02 0.43 0.39 0.48 0.46
Water 0.09 0.56 0.51 0.67 0.70
Truck 1.23 0.07 0.09 0.11 0.10
Other 4.36 0.71 0.69 0.84 0.74
Information          
All 2.74 2.41 2.28 2.45 2.69
Air 0.40 1.20 1.14 1.22 1.34
Rail 0.14 0.43 0.39 0.45 0.53
Water 0.02 0.13 0.12 0.13 0.15
Truck 0.64 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03
Other 1.53 0.62 0.59 0.62 0.64
Financial services          
All 1.01 1.32 1.52 1.59 1.62
Air 0.19 0.66 0.76 0.79 0.81
Rail 0.06 0.31 0.35 0.35 0.37
Water 0.01 0.08 0.09 0.10 0.11
Truck 0.25 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.02
Other 0.50 0.26 0.30 0.31 0.31
Professional and business services          
All 2.24 2.41 2.50 2.51 2.50
Air 0.40 1.21 1.25 1.26 1.25
Rail 0.11 0.53 0.52 0.54 0.58
Water 0.08 0.11 0.12 0.12 0.13
Truck 0.53 0.10 0.12 0.10 0.05
Other 1.13 0.47 0.49 0.50 0.49
Education and health services          
All 2.28 2.55 2.56 2.65 2.65
Air 0.28 1.27 1.28 1.33 1.32
Rail 0.17 0.40 0.39 0.41 0.44
Water 0.04 0.17 0.17 0.18 0.18
Truck 0.78 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.04
Other 1.01 0.68 0.68 0.69 0.67
Leisure and hospitality          
All 2.85 3.04 3.10 3.22 3.30
Air 0.30 1.52 1.55 1.61 1.65
Rail 0.25 0.31 0.31 0.34 0.37
Water 0.04 0.25 0.25 0.26 0.26
Truck 1.08 0.04 0.06 0.06 0.05
Other 1.18 0.92 0.94 0.96 0.96
Other services          
All 3.44 1.82 1.89 1.88 1.97
Air 0.32 0.91 0.94 0.94 0.99
Rail 0.19 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.26
Water 0.03 0.11 0.12 0.12 0.13
Truck 1.17 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.03
Other 1.73 0.54 0.56 0.56 0.57
Government          
All 3.30 3.96 3.95 3.97 3.99
Air 0.52 1.98 1.98 1.98 1.99
Rail 0.26 0.65 0.64 0.66 0.70
Water 0.12 0.25 0.25 0.27 0.29
Truck 1.00 0.07 0.10 0.08 0.06
Other 1.40 1.01 0.98 0.98 0.95

KEY: NA = not available

NOTES: Transportation sector not shown as user of transportation services

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 2014