Economic Importance of Transportation Services: Highlights of the Transportation Satellite Accounts

A new study by the federal government has established that transportation services contribute a greater share of the value generated by the U.S. economy than previously measured. The study also...

Figure 2 Transportation Services Costs Embodied in a Dollar of Goods and Services Purchased by Consumers and Other End-Users: 1992

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, May 5, 1997.

Transportation Statistics NewsletterIssue 4 - Economic Importance of Transportation Services: Highlights of the Transportation Satellite Accounts

April 1998 BTS/98-TS/4R

Table 2 Transportation Services Costs to Establishments in Nontransportation Industries: 1992

Table 1 Transportation Services Value-Added by Mode: 1992

U.S. International Trade and Freight Transportation Trends

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Figure 13 Percentage Change in the Value of U.S. NAFTA-Partner Land Trade by State: 2000-2001

(Percent Change)

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NOTE: U.S. state surface trade value equals imports to the U.S. destination state, plus exports...

Table 6 Top 25 U.S. International Merchandise Trade Partners by Value: 1970 and 2001

(Millions of current U.S. dollars)

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Figure 3 U.S. International Merchandise Trade and Gross Domestic Product: 1970-2001

(Indexed 1970=100)

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NOTE: This figure shows current dollars because data on total...

Figure 9 U.S. International Air Operating Revenues and Revenue Ton-Miles: 1980-2001

(Index: 1980 = 100)

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NOTE: A revenue ton-mile is equal to one ton carried one mile and measures utilization of air freight...