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Figure 5-2 Use of Transportation by Industry, 2014 (current dollars, billions)

Friday, February 17, 2017

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Industry Billions of current dollars
Wholesale and retail trade 292.10
Information and services 264.80
Manufacturing 223.91
Government 152.81
Construction 48.94
Natural resources and mining 47.43
Utilities 19.21

NOTE: In-house transportation consists of transportation services (air, rail, truck, and water) provided by nontransportation industries for their own use. For-hire transportation consists of the services provided by transportation firms to industries and the public on a fee-basis. Airlines, railroads, transit agencies, common carrier trucking companies, and pipelines are examples of for-hire transportation industries.
“Other" for-hire transportation includes: Transit and passenger ground transportation (excluding State and local government passenger transit); Pipeline; Sightseeing transportation and transportation support; Parcel delivery, courier, and messenger services (excluding U.S. Postal Service); Warehousing and storage; and Other transportation and support activities.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Transportation Satellite Accounts, available at http://www.bts.gov as of Mar. 2016.