Table 2-4 - Domestic- and Export-Bound Freight Shipments within the United States: 1993 and 1997
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Table 2-4 - Domestic- and Export-Bound Freight Shipments within the United States: 1993 and 1997
| Mode | Value (millions of chained 1997 $) | Tons (thousands) | Ton-miles (millions) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993R | 1997P | Change (%) | 1993R | 1997P | Change (%) | 1993R | 1997P | Change (%) | |
| Parcel, postal, courier services | 616,839 | 865,661 | 40.3 | 18,892 | 24,677 | 30.6 | 13,151 | 18,512 | 40.8 |
| Truck (for-hire, private, both) | 4,822,222 | 5,518,716 | 14.4 | 6,385,915 | 7,992,437 | 25.2 | 869,536 | 1,094,924 | 25.9 |
| Rail (includes truck and rail) | 361,901 | 383,222 | 5.9 | 1,584,772 | 1,538,538 | -2.9 | 980,236 | 1,050,517 | 7.2 |
| Watera | 197,370 | 195,461 | -1.0 | 1,465,966 | 1,522,756 | 3.9 | 827,089 | 801,614 | -3.1 |
| Air (includes truck and air) | 152,313 | 213,405 | 40.1 | 3,139 | 5,047 | 60.8 | 4,009 | 7,449 | 85.8 |
| Pipelinea | 340,664 | 330,176 | -3.1 | 1,870,496 | 1,881,209 | 0.6 | 641,669 | 690,490 | 7.6 |
| Other and unknown modes | 283,106 | 447,908 | 58.2 | 706,690 | 753,848 | 6.7 | 233,216 | 266,732 | 14.4 |
| BTS total (CFS + additional estimates) | $6,774,414 | $7,954,549 | 17.4 | 12,035,870 | 13,718,512 | 14.0 | 3,568,906 | 3,930,238 | 10.1 |
a Preliminary Oak Ridge National Laboratory estimates prepared for the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 1999.
KEY: P = preliminary; R = revised (includes modal estimates not shown separately).
SOURCES: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau,1993 Commodity Flow Survey: United States,TC92-CF-52 (Washington, DC: 1995).
____. 1997 Commodity Flow Survey: United States Preliminary,EC97TCF-US(P) (Washington, DC: 1999).