Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
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TABLE 1. Value of U.S. International Merchandise Freight, 2003

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Overall and Land Modes Total Exports Imports
Total U.S. trade by all modes (land, sea, air) 1,983,139 723,743 1,259,396
Total U.S. trade by land 562,776 240,486 322,291
Value of International Land Freight via Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY      
Total land trade through port 59,369 27,367 32,002
Port's share of total U.S. land freight value 10.5 11.4 9.9
Value of International Land Freight by Mode via Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY      
Truck 45,753 24,988 20,765
Rail 9,127 1,763 7,364
Pipeline 3,949 276 3,673
Other and unknown 541 341 200
Value of Land Freight O&D, All Modes via Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY      
To and from New York 9,585 4,011 5,574
To and from other U.S. States 49,784 23,356 26,428
Other states' shipments as percent of freight value via port 83.9 85.3 82.6
Value of Truck Freight O&D, via Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY      
To and from New York 9,024 3,994 5,030
To and from other U.S. States 36,729 20,994 15,734
Other states' shipments as percent of freight value via port 80.3 84.0 75.8

KEY: O&D = origin and destination.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, based on data from multiple sources, U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Exports and Imports of Merchandise, CD-ROM, 2003; and U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Transborder Surface Freight Data, 2003.