Figure 3
U.S. International Merchandise Trade and Gross Domestic Product: 1970-2001

(Indexed 1970=100)

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(Indexed 1987=100)

NOTE: This figure shows current dollars because data on total merchandise trade that are adjusted for inflation in chained dollars are only available starting from 1987.

NOTE: 1987 is the earliest year for which the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis reports total merchandise trade figures that are adjusted for inflation in chained 1996 dollars.

SOURCE: U.S. Departmnet of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, based on data from U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Products Account (NIPA), available at http://www.bea.doc.gov/bea/dn1.htm, as of August 2002.