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Figure 2-7: Use of For-Hire and In-House Transportation by Industry Sector, 2012 (Billions)

Thursday, January 5, 2017

Graphic Version

Category Value
Wholesale and retail trade $ 298.6
Information and services $ 251.9
Manufacturing $ 212.3
Government $ 152.6
Construction $ 48.7
Natural resources and mining $ 41.3
Utilities $ 16.1

NOTE: The Transportation Satellite Accounts Use Table quantifies how transportation (both freight and passenger) is used by non-transportation sectors of the economy to create the goods and services that make up GDP. It includes in-house transportation activity (i.e., that which firms provide to move their own products) as well as for hire transportation. Data are shown by industry.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Transportation Satellite Accounts, available at www.bts.gov