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Table 3-3
Water Transportation: U.S. Balance of Payments ($ current millions)
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| Receipts |
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| Passenger fares |
237 |
287 |
285 |
338 |
296 |
394 |
360 |
| Export freight* |
4,056 |
4,506 |
5,282 |
4,703 |
4,571 |
3,786 |
3,929 |
| Port expenditures |
7,477 |
7,898 |
8,299 |
7,799 |
7,659 |
7,144 |
7,806 |
| Total |
11,770 |
12,691 |
13,866 |
12,840 |
12,526 |
11,324 |
12,095 |
| Payments |
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| Passenger fares |
341 |
353 |
353 |
444 |
358 |
399 |
369 |
| Import freight* |
10,462 |
11,369 |
11,514 |
11,259 |
11,907 |
13,652 |
15,727 |
| Port expenditures |
2,011 |
2,325 |
2,554 |
2,233 |
2,187 |
1,930 |
1,974 |
| Total |
12,814 |
14,047 |
14,421 |
13,936 |
14,452 |
15,981 |
18,070 |
| Balance |
-1,044 |
-1,356 |
-555 |
-1,096 |
-1,926 |
-4,657 |
-5,975 |
*Includes charter hires.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration,
U.S. Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States, The National
Data Book, 120th Edition 2000, December 2000, p. 658.
- The United States has had a persistent U.S. balance of payments deficit
in water transportation. In 1999, foreign carriers, while paying $7.8 billion
for U.S. port and handling services, received $15.7 billion for transporting
foreign goods to U.S. ports.
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