Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)

Table 26
U.S. Trade in Transportation-Related Commodities:  2002

(Millions of current U.S. dollars)

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Commodity and Code Exports Imports Total trade Balance
Motor vehicles and parts (87) 62,511 170,516 233,027 –108,005
Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts (88) 43,901 17,996 61,897 25,905
Ships, boats, and floating structures (89) 1,239 1,329 2,568 –90
Railway or tramway locomotives and parts (86) 1,093 1,040 2,133 53
Total, transportation goods 108,744 190,880 299,624 –82,136
Total, all goods 693,257 1,163,549 1,856,806 –470,291
Transportation goods share of trade 15.7% 16.4% 16.1% 17.5%

Notes: The numbers in parentheses are the classification categories from the Harmonized Schedule of Commodity Codes.
Classification category (87) also includes bicycles, wheelchairs, and baby carriages.
Total trade = exports plus imports. Balance = exports minus imports.

Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics; based on data from U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. International Trade Commission, Interactive Tariff and Trade DataWeb, available at http://dataweb.usitc.gov, as of August 2003.


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