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Freight Shipments by Mode

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Weight and Value of Freight Shipments by Domestic Mode: 2017

Domestic Mode Weight
(thousands of tons)		 Value
 (millions of current dollars)
Truck 11,520,318 12,421,511
Rail 1,738,346 690,459
Water 766,322 363,500
Air (including truck-air) 5,871 591,253
Multiple modes and mail 495,680 2,328,112
Pipeline 3,049,857 942,007
Other and unknown 39,210 97,633
No domestic mode 208,676 66,410
Total (All modes) 17,824,281 17,500,885

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SOURCE:  U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics and Federal Highway Administration, Freight Analysis Framework, version 4.5, 2019.

Freight Analysis Framework Data Tabulation Tool to create and download summary tables from the FAF regional to region database.