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Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments U.S. Department of Transportation

Norman Y. MinetaSecretary

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Rick Kowalewski Deputy Director

Mary J. Hutzler Associate Director for Statistical Programs

William J. Chang Associate Director for...

BOX 2. International Trade Data: Sources and Issues

In the United States, numerous agencies are involved in the collection, processing, and dissemination of international trade and transportation data. No one dataset provides all the information needed by the transportation community, and...

TABLE 3. Percentage Change in the Value of Merchandise Trade Handled by the Top 25 U.S. Freight Gateways: 1999 and 2003

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Rank in 1999 Rank in 2003 Port name Mode Percent change, 1999-2003 Total trade Exports Imports 4 1 Port of Los Angeles...

TABLE 2. Top 50 U.S. Freight Gateways, Ranked by Value of Shipments, 2003

(Current $, billions)

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Rank Port name Mode Total U.S. trade Exports Imports Exports as % of total 1 Port of Los Angeles, CA Water 122 17 105 13.8 2 JFK...

TABLE 4. Value of U.S. Merchandise Trade with NAFTA Partners Compared with U.S. Trade with Overseas Countries: 1994-2003

(Current $, billions)

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Year Overall NAFTA v. overseas Relative percentage shares Total U.S. international merchandise trade...

BOX 1. Selecting the Leading Gateways

This report ranks freight gateways by the value of merchandise trade they handle. The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) compiled value data from multiple sources that allows comparison of all the freight modes. See Box 2 for a detailed...

TABLE 6. Weight of U.S. Merchandise Imports Entering by Surface Modes: 2000-2003

(Short tons, thousands)

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Mode U.S.-NAFTA imports (from Canada and Mexico) U.S. imports from Canada U.S. imports from Mexico Percent change, 2000-2003 2000 2001...

FIGURE 2. Modal Shares of U.S. Merchandise Trade Handled by Land, Water, and Air Gateways by Value and Weight: 2003

(Percent)

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1 BTS estimated the export weight for truck, rail, pipeline, and other and unknown based on value-to-...

FIGURE 1: Location of the Top 25 U.S. International Freight Gateways Ranked by Shipment Value: 2003

Notes: All data-Trade levels reflect the mode of transportation as a shipment enters or exits a U.S. Customs port. Flows through individual ports are based on reported data...

FIGURE 3. Value of U.S. Merchandise Trade by Land, Water, and Air Gateways: 1990-2003

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1 Includes truck, rail, pipeline, and miscellaneous surface modes.

2 Includes purchased vehicles such as aircraft or boats moving...

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