Freight Data and StatisticsQuick Facts
DomesticOn a typical day, about 43 million tons of goods, valued at about $29 billion, moved nearly 12 billion ton-miles on the nation's interconnected transportation network, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
InternationalU.S. households and businesses are acquiring more products, appliances, machinery, and equipment, and foreign trade has more than doubled between 1980 and 2002.
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