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Table 3-1 Weight and Value of Shipments by Transportation Mode: 2012, 2015, and 2045

Thursday, February 16, 2017

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Weight

Millions of tons 2012 2015 2045
Total Domestic Exports1 Imports1 Total Domestic Exports1 Imports1 Total Domestic Exports1 Imports1
Total 16,953 14,953 864 1,136 18,056 16,045 912 1,099 25,345 20,914 2,190 2,241
Truck 10,166 9,970 107 89 10,859 10,649 110 100 14,866 14,270 291 305
Rail 1,613 1,487 52 74 1,607 1,458 54 85 1,921 1,597 108 216
Water 933 506 68 359 936 553 94 289 1,158 614 189 355
Air, air & truck 10 2 4 4 11 2 4 5 38 4 16 18
Multiple modes & mail 1,320 311 596 413 1,353 327 613 412 2,971 434 1,519 1,018
Pipeline 2,870 2,641 36 194 3,258 3,017 37 204 4,361 3,978 63 319
Other & unknown 41 37 1 3 33 29 1 3 31 16 4 11

 

Value

Billions of 2012 dollars 2012 2015 2045
Total Domestic Exports1 Imports1 Total Domestic Exports1 Imports1 Total Domestic Exports1 Imports1
Total 17,805 14,058 1,532 2,215 19,258 15,072 1,699 2,487 37,080 22,499 6,474 8,106
Truck 11,011 10,333 367 311 11,718 10,994 382 342 18,735 16,270 1,247 1,218
Rail 569 417 59 93 617 451 62 104 1,058 652 153 253
Water 617 274 71 272 636 304 99 233 1,021 345 272 405
Air, air & truck 1,044 138 434 472 1,194 152 466 576 5,133 330 2,449 2,354
Multiple modes & mail 3,275 1,752 573 949 3,599 1,875 658 1,065 9,152 3,404 2,262 3,485
Pipeline 1,250 1,143 9 97 1,410 1,295 10 105 1,656 1,498 15 144
Other & unknown 40 1 17 22 83 1 21 61 325 0 76 248

1 Data do not include imports and exports that pass through the United States from a foreign origin to a foreign destination by any mode.

NOTES: Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding. The 2015 data are provisional estimates that are based on selected modal and economic trend data. All truck, rail, water, and pipeline movements that involve more than one mode, including exports and imports that change mode at international gateways, are included in multiple modes & mail to avoid double counting. As a consequence, rail and water totals in this table are less than other published sources.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), Bureau of Transportation Statistics, and USDOT, Federal Highway Administration, Freight Analysis Framework, version 4.2, 2016.