Box A - The New National Freight Composite Estimates

The largest single data source for estimating U.S. freight activity is the Commodity Flow Survey (CFS). This survey covers a large proportion of the nations domestic and export freight movements associated with manufacturing, mining...

Exhibit A - Sectors Included in the National Freight Composite Estimates

Figure 3 - U.S. Freight Shipments by Distance Shipped: 1993 and 2002

(Commodity Flow Survey Data Only)

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NOTE: Shipments are grouped into distance categories based on Great Circle Distance (GCD), GCD is the shortest...

Figure 5 - Growth in U.S. Domestic Freight Ton-Miles: 1980 - 2004

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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics: 1990 - 2003 data from the...

Figure 3 - U.S. Freight Shipments by Distance Shipped: 1993 and 2002

(Commodity Flow Survey Data Only)

(Percent)

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Figure 12 - Air Freight Handled by the Top Three All-Cargo Carriers at their Hubs: 2004

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Table 18 - Value and Weight of Outbound and Inbound Commodity Flows by State: 2002

(Commodity Flow Survey data only)

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Figure 9 - Tonnage of Inbound and Outbound Rail Shipments: 2003

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KEY: NA = Not Applicable

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

Acknowledgments

Norman Y. Mineta Secretary

Maria Cino Deputy Secretary

Ashok G. Kaveeshwar Administrator

Eric C. Peterson Deputy Administrator

Table 1 - Commercial Freight Activity in the United States by Mode of Transportation: 2002

(Based on composite estimates) (1)

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