Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
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Table 1-46M U.S. Waterborne Freight (Million metric tons)

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  1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Foreign 307.8 402.5 527.0 679.2 835.9 702.5 944.9 919.5 941.2 961.7 1,012.1 1,040.9 1,073.6 1,107.3 1,129.8
Imports 191.7 244.8 307.8 432.3 469.5 374.4 544.3 503.9 532.2 588.6 652.7 610.2 664.6 715.1 762.7
Exports 116.1 157.8 219.2 246.9 366.4 328.1 400.6 415.7 409.0 373.1 359.4 430.6 409.0 392.2 367.1
Domestic 690.0 752.2 862.5 858.5 977.5 920.0 1,018.1 978.5 993.0 969.1 997.0 991.6 998.5 R1,009.3 992.6
Inland 264.0 335.3 428.3 457.2 485.3 485.0 564.8 544.7 563.4 550.9 561.0 562.7 564.3 572.0 567.0
Coastal 189.8 182.8 216.3 210.4 299.0 281.0 270.9 267.2 258.6 246.5 251.3 241.9 242.6 238.7 226.4
Great Lakes 140.7 139.4 142.5 117.3 104.4 83.4 99.9 93.8 97.4 99.7 104.1 105.3 104.2 111.3 110.9
Intraport 94.5 93.3 73.9 71.0 85.4 67.4 78.4 68.6 69.7 67.5 75.2 75.4 80.7 81.5 81.7
Intraterritory 0.9 1.3 1.5 2.6 3.3 3.1 4.1 4.2 3.8 4.5 5.4 6.2 6.6 5.7 6.5
Total 997.8 1,154.8 1,389.5 1,537.7 1,813.4 1,622.4 1,963.0 1,898.0 1,934.2 1,930.8 2,009.1 2,032.5 2,072.1 2,116.6 2,122.4

KEY: R = revised.

NOTE: Beginning in 1996, shipments of fish are excluded from domestic tonnage totals.

SOURCE: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce of the U.S. (New Orleans, LA: March 2000). Part 5, section 1.



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