Table C-1 Value and Tonnage of U.S. Freight Shipments: 1997 and 2001
Table C-1
Value and Tonnage of U.S. Freight Shipments: 1997 and 2001
| 1997 | 20011 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value (billion $) | Tons (millions) | Value (billion $) | Tons (millions) | |
| Domestic | 6,742 | 12,925 | 8,265 | 14,603 |
| Exports | 688 | 554 | 731 | 481 |
| Imports | 870 | 1,007 | 1,142 | 1,162 |
| Total | 8,300 | 14,486 | 10,138 | 16,246 |
| Shares | ||||
| Domestic Percent | 81.2 | 89.2 | 81.5 | 89.9 |
| Exports Percent | 8.3 | 3.8 | 7.2 | 3 |
| Imports Percent | 10.5 | 7 | 11.3 | 7.2 |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
1 2001 value and weight for exports and imports are official U.S. trade statistics. The value for 2001 domestic shipments is a projection from the 1997 Commodity Flow Suvey (CFS) data, based on the annual average growth rate of current U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) (5.2%) between 1997 and 2001. The tonnage for 2001 domestic shipments is a projection from 1997 CFS data, based on the annual average growth rate of domestic freight movements (3.4%) between 1993-1997, adjusted for the variation in GDP growth rate between 1993-1997 (5.8%) and 1997-2001 (5.2%). The 2001 projections are subject to uncertainties, because they assume freight grew at an annual rate similar to GDP. Also, because the CFS is a survey, the data are subject to sampling and nonsampling errors.
NOTES: The 1997 domestic figures are estimates based on the CFS minus export shipments. CFS data published in other BTS publications include exports.
SOURCES: Domestic data-U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), 1997 Commodity Flow Survey data. Export and import data-USDOT BTS, Transborder Surface Freight Data; and U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Exports and Imports of Merchandise CD, December 1997 and 2001.