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Table 3-12
Cargo Preference Statistics

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Year Ton Type Civilian Agencies Department of Defense (DOD) Humanitarian Food Aid Grand Total
U.S. Flag Non-U.S. Flag Total Percent U.S. Flag Non-U.S. Flag Total Percent U.S. Flag Non-U.S. Flag Total Percent U.S. Flag Non-U.S. Flag Total Percent
2001 Metric 291,889 85,148 377,037 77.42 347,000 12,540 359,540 96.5 0 0 0 0 638,889 97,688 736,577 86.74
  DOD Measurement       - 2,574,898 286,100 2,860,998 90.0         2,574,898 286,100 2,860,998 90.00
  Petroleum 414,907 1,464 416,371 99.65 5,251,947 154,432 5,406,379 97.1         5,251,947 154,432 5,406,379 97.14
2002 Metric 348,926 95,385 444,311 78.53 460,802 5,114 465,916 98.9 4,476,573 1,539,056 6,015,629 74.42 5,286,301 1,639,555 6,925,856 76.33
  DOD Measurement       - 4,243,468 304,730 4,548,198 93.3         4,243,468 304,730 4,548,198 93.30
  Petroleum 372,780 4,390 377,170 98.84 6,237,327 139,192 6,376,519 97.8         6,237,327 139,192 6,376,519 97.82
2003 Metric 226,451 77,741 304,192 74.44 327,189 11,090 338,279 96.7 3,193,146 1,083,944 4,277,090 74.66 3,746,786 1,172,775 4,919,561 76.16
  DOD Measurement       - 6,038,587 913,842 6,952,429 86.9         6,038,587 913,842 6,952,429 86.86
  Petroleum 434,665 466 435,131 99.89 6,395,074 4,232,304 8,827,378 72.4         6,829,739 4,232,770 11,062,509 61.74
2004 Metric 209,438 63,109 272,547 76.84 338,238 3,569 341,807 99.0 3,251,869 1,079,226 4,331,095 75.08 3,799,545 1,145,904 4,945,449 76.83
  DOD Measurement       - 8,635,344 331,784 8,967,128 96.3         8,635,344 331,784 8,967,128 96.30
  Petroleum 375,996 0 375,996 100.00 3,607,556 1,892,152 5,499,708 65.6         3,983,552 1,892,152 5,875,704 67.80
2005 Metric 117,378 61,200 178,578 65.73 144,506 2,938 147,444 98.0 2,718,814 1,216,030 3,934,844 69.10 2,980,698 1,280,168 4,260,866 69.96
  DOD Measurement       - 10,687,744 740,125 11,427,869 93.5         10,687,744 740,125 11,427,869 93.52
  Petroleum 211,925 0 211,925 100.00 2,616,779 2,850,353 5,467,132 47.9         2,616,779 2,850,353 5,467,132 47.86

NOTES: The cargo preference program works to promote and facilitate a U.S. maritime transportation system that is accessible and efficient in the movement of goods and people. It oversees the administration of and compliance with U.S. cargo preference laws and regulations. Those laws require shippers to use U.S.-flag vessels to transport any government-impelled ocean borne cargoes.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, Office of Cargo Preference, personal communications, 2006.
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