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Table 3. Transportation Commodity-by-Industry Direct Requirements

Thursday, November 3, 2016

(Direct requirements per dollar of industry output at producers' prices)

Cents required per dollar of industry output

Sector 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 (R) 2008 (R)(P) 2009 (R)(P) 2010 (R)(P) 2011 (R)(P) 2012 (R)(P) 2013 (R)(P) 2014 (R)(P)
In-house air, rail, truck, and water transportation                          
Natural resources and mining 1.13 1.17 1.10 1.34 1.46 1.45 1.14 1.20 1.33 1.73 2.08 1.78 1.77
Construction 0.91 0.99 1.09 1.36 1.43 1.49 1.48 1.24 1.63 2.17 2.35 2.19 2.14
Manufacturing 0.72 0.78 0.87 1.06 1.00 0.96 0.89 0.87 0.98 1.15 1.19 1.07 1.04
Wholesale and retail trade 6.54 6.21 6.44 7.13 6.23 5.22 4.65 3.78 4.41 5.70 5.63 5.36 5.31
Utilities 0.20 0.20 0.29 0.30 0.22 0.22 0.19 0.20 0.20 0.28 0.27 0.24 0.21
Information 0.33 0.32 0.37 0.40 0.35 0.31 0.25 0.22 0.21 0.23 0.20 0.18 0.19
Financial services 0.20 0.21 0.23 0.25 0.24 0.24 0.18 0.16 0.19 0.26 0.28 0.26 0.25
Professional and business services 1.39 1.41 1.56 1.80 1.59 1.46 1.12 0.91 1.03 1.38 1.40 1.35 1.27
Education and health services 0.48 0.48 0.47 0.52 0.42 0.38 0.35 0.27 0.36 0.46 0.48 0.48 0.51
Leisure and hospitality 1.09 1.17 1.12 1.49 1.78 1.89 1.88 1.37 1.45 1.68 1.51 1.86 1.88
Other services 1.09 1.16 1.33 1.51 1.53 1.46 1.31 1.13 1.33 1.72 1.88 1.78 2.00
Government 1.10 1.26 1.57 1.96 2.37 2.32 2.80 1.58 2.04 2.27 2.65 2.87 2.84
For-hire air, rail, truck, and water transportation                          
Natural resources and mining 2.02 1.82 1.76 1.73 1.75 1.64 1.56 1.75 1.66 1.52 1.76 1.59 1.67
Construction 1.67 1.51 1.54 1.57 1.58 1.52 1.67 1.57 1.48 1.50 1.58 1.60 1.61
Manufacturing 1.92 1.95 2.01 2.10 2.15 2.07 2.16 2.02 2.07 2.12 2.15 2.21 2.29
Wholesale and retail trade 0.62 0.74 0.79 0.80 0.81 0.82 0.85 0.69 0.77 0.84 0.87 0.87 0.91
Utilities 2.78 0.77 0.66 0.91 0.94 0.99 0.96 0.85 1.00 0.93 0.79 0.95 1.01
Information 0.49 0.49 0.46 0.51 0.57 0.53 0.52 0.47 0.49 0.58 0.63 0.61 0.63
Financial services 0.17 0.25 0.29 0.28 0.29 0.29 0.31 0.23 0.24 0.25 0.22 0.26 0.27
Professional and business services 0.57 0.68 0.69 0.67 0.64 0.62 0.64 0.60 0.67 0.75 0.72 0.79 0.82
Education and health services 0.46 0.49 0.49 0.49 0.49 0.47 0.52 0.43 0.49 0.55 0.51 0.52 0.53
Leisure and hospitality 0.71 0.64 0.64 0.67 0.71 0.64 0.74 0.64 0.69 0.74 0.74 0.76 0.79
Other services 0.84 0.36 0.37 0.36 0.37 0.35 0.45 0.37 0.40 0.45 0.43 0.45 0.47
Government 1.07 1.25 1.21 1.14 1.14 1.03 1.14 1.21 1.29 1.36 1.24 1.32 1.23
Total transportationa                          
Natural resources and mining 3.45 3.84 3.76 3.83 3.93 3.84 3.37 3.47 3.46 3.74 4.44 4.03 4.19
Construction 2.64 2.54 2.68 2.98 3.05 3.05 3.18 2.86 3.15 3.71 3.97 3.83 3.79
Manufacturing 3.05 3.12 3.22 3.52 3.50 3.35 3.35 3.27 3.42 3.66 3.69 3.66 3.72
Wholesale and retail trade 9.54 9.64 10.11 10.78 10.12 9.29 8.85 7.69 8.47 9.99 10.09 9.92 9.92
Utilities 7.33 4.56 4.31 4.54 4.75 5.54 5.47 4.89 3.99 3.64 4.09 4.48 4.64
Information 1.64 1.74 1.71 1.91 2.01 1.71 1.65 1.54 1.48 1.64 1.64 1.47 1.50
Financial services 0.56 0.73 0.82 0.82 0.81 0.82 0.86 0.70 0.75 0.83 0.76 0.80 0.80
Professional and business services 2.55 2.85 3.01 3.22 2.96 2.68 2.38 2.21 2.37 2.83 2.78 2.82 2.75
Education and health services 1.30 1.49 1.49 1.53 1.42 1.31 1.35 1.25 1.41 1.59 1.52 1.53 1.57
Leisure and hospitality 2.22 2.22 2.19 2.61 2.97 3.03 3.16 2.59 2.73 3.02 2.81 3.17 3.22
Other services 2.91 1.99 2.15 2.27 2.28 2.12 2.17 1.93 2.19 2.64 2.69 2.61 2.86
Government 2.86 3.22 3.49 3.79 4.21 4.04 4.61 3.52 3.98 4.28 4.53 4.81 4.70

(R) = revised

(P) = preliminary

NOTES: Transportation sector not shown as user of transportation services

(a) Total transportation consists of all for-hire transportation and in-house air, rail, truck, and water transportation.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Transportation Satellite Accounts as of 10/25/2016.