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TABLE 1. Value and Weight of U.S. International Merchandise Freight, 2003
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Total U.S. trade by all modes (land,
water, air) |
1,983,139 |
723,743 |
1,259,396 |
Total U.S. trade by water |
807,112 |
202,481 |
604,631 |
Value
of International Waterborne Freight via Houston ($ millions) |
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Total waterborne freight through port |
49,893 |
21,439 |
28,454 |
Percent of total U.S. waterborne
freight |
6.2 |
10.6 |
4.7 |
Weight
of Waterborne Freight (short tons, millions) |
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Total U.S. trade by water |
1,211 |
363 |
848 |
Total waterborne freight through port |
126 |
36 |
90 |
Percent of total U.S. waterborne
freight |
10.4 |
10.0 |
10.6 |
Containerized
Freight (TEUs, thousands) |
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Total U.S. containerized freight |
21,117 |
7,102 |
14,015 |
Total containerized freight through port |
927 |
472 |
455 |
Percent of total U.S. containerized
freight |
4.4 |
6.6 |
3.2 |
KEY: TEU = Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit
SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, based on data from multiple sources: Overall and Water Modes: U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Exports and Imports of Merchandise, CD-ROM; Value of Intl. Waterborne Freight-MARAD, special tabulation, August 2004; Weight of Waterborne Freight: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Foreign Cargo Data, November 2004; Containerized Freight: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, special tabulation, November 2004.
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