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Table 3-2a: U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Attributed to Transportation-Related Final Demand

(Current $ billions)

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  1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Personal consumption of transportation, total (R) 238.9 (R) 377.6 (R) 471.7 (R) 447.3 (R) 483.1 (R) 520.8 (R) 567.3 (R) 594.6 (R) 641.8 (R) 685.2 (R) 718.0 (R) 785.1 (R) 853.5 (R) 872.3 877.5 925.4
Motor vehicles and parts 87.0 (R) 175.9 (R) 212.8 (R) 193.5 (R) 213.0 (R) 234.0 (R) 260.5 (R) 266.7 (R) 284.9 (R) 305.1 (R) 336.1 (R) 370.8 (R) 386.5 (R) 407.9 426.1 440.1
Gasoline and oil 86.7 97.2 (R) 111.2 (R) 108.5 (R) 112.4 (R) 114.1 (R) 116.2 (R) 120.2 (R) 130.4 (R) 134.4 (R) 122.4 (R) 137.9 (R) 175.7 (R) 171.6 163.4 191.3
Transport services (R) 65.2 (R) 104.5 (R) 147.7 (R) 145.3 (R) 157.7 (R) 172.7 (R) 190.6 (R) 207.7 (R) 226.5 (R) 245.7 (R) 259.5 (R) 276.4 (R) 291.3 (R) 292.8 288.0 294.0
Gross private domestic investment, total 52.1 (R) 73.3 (R) 73.0 (R) 74.7 (R) 78.4 (R) 93.5 (R) 112.0 (R) 120.5 (R) 128.6 (R) 141.6 (R) 151.1 (R) 173.9 (R) 167.4 (R) 148.6 132.6 132.9
Transportation structures 3.7 4.3 3.0 3.2 3.7 4.1 4.3 4.4 5.4 (R) 6.1 (R) 7.1 (R) 6.3 (R) 6.6 (R) 6.9 6.6 6.3
Transportation equipment 48.4 (R) 69.0 (R) 70.0 (R) 71.5 (R) 74.7 (R) 89.4 (R) 107.7 (R) 116.1 (R) 123.2 (R) 135.5 (R) 144.0 (R) 167.6 (R) 160.8 (R) 141.7 126.0 126.6
Exports ( + ), total 45.7 57.5 (R) 105.6 (R) 114.8 (R) 122.5 (R) 122.6 (R) 129.6 (R) 132.4 (R) 141.5 (R) 162.6 171.6 174.9 (R) 179.0 (R) 174.3 175.5 174.9
Civilian aircraft, engines, and parts 14.1 13.5 32.2 36.6 37.7 (R) 32.8 31.5 26.1 30.8 41.4 53.5 52.9 48.1 52.6 50.4 46.7
Automotive vehicles, engines, and parts 17.4 24.9 (R) 36.1 (R) 39.7 (R) 46.7 (R) 51.3 (R) 57.3 (R) 61.3 (R) 64.2 (R) 73.3 72.4 75.3 80.4 75.4 78.9 80.7
Passenger fares 2.6 4.4 15.3 15.9 16.6 16.5 17.0 18.9 20.4 20.9 20.1 19.8 (R) 20.7 (R) 17.9 17.0 15.7
Other transportation 11.6 14.7 22.0 22.6 21.5 22.0 23.8 26.1 26.1 27.0 25.6 26.9 (R) 29.8 (R) 28.4 29.2 31.8
Imports ( - ), total 46.8 92.2 (R) 134.4 132.4 (R) 138.7 149.6 (R) 168.5 (R) 176.0 (R) 184.6 (R) 203.2 220.9 258.2 (R) 288.0 (R) 282.5 287.6 300.1
Civilian aircraft, engines, and parts 3.1 5.3 10.5 11.7 12.6 11.3 11.3 10.7 12.7 16.6 21.8 23.8 26.4 31.4 25.5 24.1
Automotive vehicles, engines, and parts 28.3 64.9 (R) 88.4 85.7 (R) 91.7 102.4 (R) 118.1 (R) 123.6 (R) 128.7 (R) 139.5 148.7 179.0 195.9 189.8 203.7 210.2
Passenger fares 3.6 6.4 10.5 10.0 10.6 11.4 13.1 14.7 15.8 18.1 20.0 21.3 24.3 (R) 22.6 20.0 21.0
Other transportation 11.8 15.6 25.0 25.0 23.8 24.5 26.0 27.0 27.4 29.0 30.4 34.1 (R) 41.4 (R) 38.7 38.4 44.8
Net exports of transportation-related goods and servicesa -1.1 -34.7 (R) -28.8 (R) -17.6 (R) -16.2 (R) -27.0 (R) -38.9 (R) -43.6 (R) -43.1 (R) -40.6 -49.3 -83.3 (R) -109.0 (R) -108.2 -112.1 -125.2
Government transportation-related purchases, total 59.8 83.4 111.8 122.9 121.7 124.8 (R) 131.6 133.8 (R) 139.2 (R) 146.9 (R) 153.8 (R) 165.6 177.6 (R) 191.2 202.6 216.9
Federal purchasesb 7.0 10.0 12.9 14.5 15.3 (R) 15.4 17.1 16.1 (R) 16.9 17.6 (R) 18.5 18.7 (R) 19.2 (R) 21.1 26.2 29.9
State and local purchasesb (R) 48.6 (R) 67.2 (R) 89.6 (R) 92.7 (R) 95.0 (R) 100.1 (R) 106.1 (R) 109.3 (R) 113.7 (R) 121.1 (R) 126.8 (R) 137.9 (R) 149.4 (R) 160.3 165.8 170.6
Defense-related purchasesc 4.2 6.2 8.8 15.7 11.4 9.3 (R) 8.4 8.4 (R) 8.6 (R) 8.2 (R) 8.5 (R) 9.0 9.0 (R) 9.8 10.6 16.4
Gross Domestic Product (R) 2,789.5 (R) 4,220.3 (R) 5,803.1 (R) 5,995.9 (R) 6,337.7 (R) 6,657.4 (R) 7,072.2 (R) 7,397.7 (R) 7,816.9 (R) 8,304.3 (R) 8,747.0 (R) 9,268.4 (R) 9,817.0 (R) 10,128.0 10,487.0 11,004.0
Total transportation-related final demandd (R) 349.7 (R) 499.6 (R) 627.7 (R) 627.3 (R) 667.0 (R) 712.1 (R) 772.0 (R) 805.3 (R) 866.5 (R) 933.1 (R) 973.6 (R) 1,041.3 (R) 1,089.5 (R) 1,103.9 1,100.6 1,150.0
Total transportation in GDP (percent) (R) 12.5 (R) 11.8 (R) 10.8 (R) 10.5 (R) 10.5 (R) 10.7 (R) 10.9 (R) 10.9 (R) 11.1 (R) 11.2 (R) 11.1 (R) 11.2 (R) 11.1 (R) 10.9 10.5 10.5

KEY: R = revised; U = data are not available.

a Sum of exports and imports.

b Federal purchases and state and local purchases are the sum of consumption expenditures and gross investment.

c Defense-related purchases are the sum of transportation of material and travel.

d Sum of total personal consumption of transportation, total gross private domestic investment, net exports of transportation-related goods and services, and total government transportation-related purchases.

SOURCES

Federal, state, and local government transportation-related purchases:

U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts Tables, Internet site http://www.bea.doc.gov as of Dec. 22, 2003, table 3.15.5.

GDP:

U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts Tables, Internet site http://www.bea.doc.gov as of Sept. 29, 2004, table 1.1.5.

All other data:

U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts Tables, Internet site http://www.bea.doc.gov as of Sept. 29, 2004, tables 2.3.5, 3.11.5, 4.2.5, 5.5.5, and 5.4.5B.