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General

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Our Mission

Our Mission What We're About Our mission is to lead in developing transportation data and information of high quality, and to advance their effective use in both public and private transportation decision making.

Our mission is the starting point for all of our programs and...

Introduction

Introduction

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) is one of eleven operating administrations within the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). BTS puts together data and information that others need to make decisions concerning transportation. We collect data; compile, analyze...

Guiding Principles

Guiding Principles How We'll Manage Our Work

Each decision we make, and each strategy we conceive, must meet certain basic tests for how we want to manage. Each of these guiding principles is necessary to ensure the long term health and survival of BTS:

Mandates We...

BTS Legislative Authorities and Mandates

BTS Legislative Authorities and Mandates

Compilation of statistics. BTS must compile and analyze a comprehensive set of transportation sta-tistics to provide timely summaries and totals (in-cluding industry wide aggregates and multi-year averages). The statistics must be suitable for con-...

Table 6 Top 10 U.S. Exports To Japan

Table 6 Top 10 U.S. Exports To Japan

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(Actual U.S. dollars, not adjusted for inflation)

Commodity 2008 2009 2010 Optical, photographic, medical, and other surgical instruments 6,820,326,191...

Table 5 Top 10 U.S. Imports From Japan

Table 5 Top 10 U.S. Imports From Japan

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(Actual U.S. dollars, not adjusted for inflation)

Commodity 2008 2009 2010 Motor vehicles and parts 52,661,231,099 31,490,001,538...

Table 3 Top 5 U.S. Air Freight Export Partners

Table 3 Top 5 U.S. Air Freight Export Partners

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(Actual U.S. dollars, not adjusted for inflation)

Trading partner 2008 2009 2010 United Kingdom 33,812,526,330 29,179,626,854...