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Freight Shipments in America

Freight Shipments in America

April 2004


Table of Contents File Formats
Entire Report
Acknowledgments
Preface
List of Tables
Table 1 - Commercial Freight Activity in the United States by Mode of Transportation: 1993, 1997, 2002
Table 2 - Modal Change in Shipment Value, Tonnage, and Ton-Miles: 1993 and 2002
Table 3 - Transportation and the U.S. Economy
Table 4 - Modal Shares of Commercial Freight Activity in the United States by Mode of Transportation: 1993, 1997, 2002
Table 5 - Freight Shipments by Shipment Size: 1993, 1997, 2002
Table 6 - Freight Shipments by Two-Digit Commodity: 1993, 1997, and 2002
List of Figures
Figure 1 - Value, Weight, and Ton-Miles of U.S. Commercial Freight Shipments: 1993, 1997, and 2002
Figure 2 - Growth in U.S. Commercial Freight Shipments: 1993–2002
Figure 3 - Modal Shares of U.S. Commercial Freight Shipments by Value, Weight, and Ton-Miles: 1993, 1997, and 2002
Figure 4A - Freight Transportation and the U.S. Economy: 1970–2002
Share of Gross Domestic Product by Major Type of Product: 1970-2002
Figure 4B - Freight Transportation and the U.S. Economy: 1970–2002
Freight Ton-Miles and U.S. Real Gross Domestic Product: 1970-2002 (Index 1970 = 100)
Figure 5 - Increases in U.S. Commercial Freight Shipments and Related Growth Factors: 1993–2002
Figure 6 - Higher Value Goods' Share of U.S. Freight Shipments: 1993, 1997 and 2002
Figure 7 - Value Per Ton of U.S. Freight Shipments by Transportation Mode: 1993 and 2002
Figure 8 - Freight Shipments by Distance Shipped: 1993, 1997, and 2002
Figure 9 - Value Per Ton of Shipments by Distance Shipped: 1993, 1997, and 2002
Figure 10 - Average Length of Haul of U.S. Freight Shipments by Transportation Mode: 1993 and 2002
Figure 11 - Average Length of Haul by Major Commodity Group: 2002
Figure 12 - Value Per Ton of Shipments by Shipment Size: 1993, 1997, and 2002
Figure 13 - Top 10 Commodity Groups Ranked by Value Per Ton: 2002
List of Boxes
Box A - How to Interpret Shipment Value and Tonnage Data
Box B - What Isn’t Covered by the CFS and BTS Estimates
Box C - Meaning of Shipment, Value, Tons, and Ton-Miles in the CFS
Box D - Freight Transportation Intensity of the U.S. Economy
Box E - Source and Reliability of the CFS Data and Other Sources Used in this Report
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