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Trucking, Courier and Messenger Services, and Warehousing and
Storage Revenues at $267 Billion, Census Bureau Reports
The Commerce Department's Census Bureau reported today that revenues for
the nation's for-hire trucking industry, couriers and messengers, and
warehousing and storage industries increased by 7 percent between 1999 and
2000, from $249 billion to $267 billion.
The tabulations, available on the Internet, for both employer and
nonemployer firms, showed revenues in 2000 for trucking were up 6 percent,
from $187 billion to $199 billion; courier and messenger services revenues
rose 11 percent, from $50 billion to $55 billion; and warehousing and
storage revenues rose 4 percent, to $13 billion.
The overwhelming majority of 2000 revenues from these industries -- 89
percent, or $237 billion -- was recorded by employer firms (establishments
with paid employees).
The following are highlights for selected industry groups, (employer
firms only) for 2000:
Truck transportation services
- General freight trucking generated 64 percent, or $109 billion, of the
trucking industry's revenues; long-distance trucking accounted for 86
percent of the general freight revenues and showed a growth rate of 8
percent, to $94 billion.
- Specialized freight trucking accounted for 36 percent of truck
revenues; this industry showed a 3 percent increase, to $62 billion.
Couriers and messengers
- Couriers' revenue accounted for 92 percent of the courier and
messenger industry's revenues; it grew by 12 percent, to $48 billion.
- Local messengers and local delivery revenues were up 7 percent, to
$4 billion.
Warehousing and storage
- General warehousing and storage revenue grew by 6 percent, to $7
billion, accounting for 54 percent of the total revenue of the warehousing
and storage industry.
Shipments and miles traveled
- Revenue from shipments of electronic and precision instruments, and
automobiles and other vehicles increased by 10 percent, to $10 billion.
- Revenue from hazardous materials shipments increased by 5 percent, to
$10 billion.
- Highway miles traveled by for-hire trucks increased by 4 percent, to
87 billion miles.
Truck transportation excludes private motor carriers that operate as
auxiliary establishments of nontransportation companies. The survey also
produced estimates of the cost of purchased transportation and inventories
of revenue-generating equipment for this industry.
The selected transportation industries estimates are part of the
2000 Service Annual Survey report. Tables for other selected industries
in the report show separate taxable and tax-exempt estimates. Subsequent
reports will cover computer services, selected financial industries, the
health sector and information.
The data are subject to sampling variability and nonsampling errors.
Sources of nonsampling error include errors of response, nonreporting and
coverage. Measures of sampling variability, presented as relative standard
errors, are shown in the tables.
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