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Figure 3-9a U.S. International Merchandise Trade Value by Transportation Mode: 2015

Thursday, February 16, 2017

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Mode Billions of U.S. Dollars
Total trade Exports Imports
Water 1,565 513 1,052
Air 996 439 557
Truck 712 352 360
Rail 165 57 108
Pipeline 57 10 47
Other/unknown 252 135 117
Total, all modes 3,746 1,505 2,241

 

FIGURE 3-9b U.S. International Merchandise Trade by Transportation Mode: 2015

  Millions of Short Tons
Total trade Exports Imports
Water 1,395 655 739
Air 8 4 5
Truck 199 99 101
Rail 142 49 93
Pipeline 180 30 149
Other/unknown 38 25 13
Total, all modes 1,962 862 1,100

NOTES: 1 short ton = 2,000 pounds. The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), Bureau of Transportation Statistics estimated 2015 weight data for truck, rail, pipeline, and other and unknown modes using value-to-weight ratios derived from imported commodities. Totals for 2015 differ slightly from the Freight Analysis Framework (FAF) due to variations in coverage and FAF conversion of values to constant dollars. Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.

SOURCES: Total, water and air data: U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Division, FT920 - U.S. Merchandise Trade: Selected Highlights (Washington, DC: February 2016). Truck, rail, pipeline, and other and unknown data: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transporation Statistics, North American Transborder Freight Data, available at www.bts.gov/transborder as of March 2016.