U.S. Trends

In 2008, U.S. freight gateways handled more than $3.4 trillion (in current dollars) of international merchandise trade. From 2007 to 2008, merchandise exports rose 12 percent, and imports rose 7 percent. Since 1990, the...

Figure 1 Value of World Goods Exports by Country: 2008

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References

AXS-Alphaliner. 2009a. AXS-Alphaliner Newsletter, no. 2009/39. Available at www.alphaliner.com as of Oct. 2, 2009.

AXS-Alphaliner. 2009b. Top 100 Container Carriers. Available at www.axs-alphaliner.com/top100/index.php as of Sept. 28, 2009.

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Summary

There are dynamic industry-wide changes that continue to influence and shape the global freight industry as worldwide international trade is transformed by the global economy. The principal forces that are likely to affect future international merchandise trade and freight movements...

Table A-3 World's Top Merchandise Importing Countries and Their Imports from the United States: 2008

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Table 4 Intensity of Physical Transportation Systems of World's Top Economies: 2008

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Figure 12 Gross Revenues of the U.S. Third-Party Logistics Providers Industry: 1996-2008

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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics,...

Figure 11 U.S. International Freight and Port Services Trade: 1990-2008

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NOTE: Data cover total payments and receipts. Payments consist of money paid by domestic consumers to foreign carriers or service providers. Receipts...

Introduction

To move large quantities of goods across the country and around the world, Americans depend on the Nation's freight transportation system-a vast network of roads, bridges, rail tracks, airports, seaports, navigable waterways, pipelines, and equipment. Today, U.S. households can...

Table 6 World's Top Merchandise Exporting Countries and Their Exports to the United States: 2008

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