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Table 3-4
U.S. v. World Maritime Container Traffic and Gross Domestic Product: 1995–2006
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| 1995 |
137.2 |
22.3 |
16.3 |
1 |
29,391 |
7,398 |
25.2 |
1 |
| 1996 |
150.8 |
22.6 |
15.0 |
1 |
30,080 |
7,817 |
26.0 |
1 |
| 1997 |
160.7 |
24.5 |
15.3 |
1 |
29,928 |
8,304 |
27.7 |
1 |
| 1998 |
169.6 |
26.2 |
15.4 |
2 |
29,682 |
8,747 |
29.5 |
1 |
| 1999 |
184.6 |
28.0 |
15.2 |
2 |
30,786 |
9,268 |
30.1 |
1 |
| 2000 |
225.3 |
30.4 |
13.5 |
2 |
31,650 |
9,817 |
31.0 |
1 |
| 2001 |
236.7 |
30.7 |
13.0 |
2 |
31,456 |
10,128 |
32.2 |
1 |
| 2002 |
266.3 |
32.7 |
12.3 |
2 |
32,714 |
10,470 |
32.0 |
1 |
| 2003 |
305.0 |
36.3 |
11.9 |
2 |
36,751 |
10,961 |
29.8 |
1 |
| 2004 |
343.0 |
38.7 |
11.3 |
2 |
41,258 |
11,712 |
28.4 |
1 |
| 2005 |
378.0 |
42.0 |
11.1 |
2 |
44,455 |
12,456 |
28.0 |
1 |
| 2006a |
417.0 |
46.3 |
11.1 |
2 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
| Percent
change, 1995-2006 |
203.9 |
107.2 |
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annual rate (percents), 1995-2006 |
10.6 |
6.8 |
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KEY: NA = Not available; TEU = Twenty-foot equivalent unit.
a 2006 estimates are projections from the individual sources.
SOURCE: TEUs: World estimates—1995–1999 Containerisation International Yearbook, (London, England: Informa Group, Inc., various years, 1997–2001). 2000 - 2002 from United Nations Trade Commission, Review of Maritime Transportation, various years. 2003–2006 from Clarkson Research services, Container Intelligence Monthly, vol 8 no 10, October 2006. U.S. estimates—AAPA 2006. GDP: From International Monetary Fund, www.imf.org, January 2007.
- World container traffic has nearly doubled since 1995. Average annual growth rate between 1995 and 2006 was 10.6%.
- In 2006, the U.S. was second in the world for container traffic and first in terms of Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
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