Table 16
U.S. International Freight and Port Services Trade: 1990-2008
(Billions of current $)
| Year | Total | Freight services | Port services | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freight services | Port services | Receipts (exports) | Payments (imports) | Receipts (exports) | Payments (imports) | |
| 1990 | 23.4 | 23.6 | 8.4 | 15.0 | 13.7 | 9.9 |
| 1991 | 23.2 | 24.4 | 8.7 | 14.6 | 14.0 | 10.4 |
| 1992 | 22.0 | 23.3 | 8.4 | 13.6 | 13.1 | 10.2 |
| 1993 | 23.1 | 23.4 | 8.6 | 14.5 | 13.4 | 10.0 |
| 1994 | 25.6 | 24.2 | 9.6 | 16.0 | 14.2 | 10.0 |
| 1995 | 27.7 | 25.4 | 11.3 | 16.5 | 14.8 | 10.6 |
| 1996 | 27.7 | 25.8 | 11.1 | 16.5 | 14.9 | 10.9 |
| 1997 | 29.4 | 26.5 | 11.8 | 17.7 | 15.2 | 11.3 |
| 1998 | 30.5 | 25.5 | 11.0 | 19.4 | 14.6 | 11.0 |
| 1999 | 33.8 | 27.3 | 11.6 | 22.2 | 15.4 | 11.9 |
| 2000 | 39.9 | 31.3 | 12.5 | 27.4 | 17.3 | 14.0 |
| 2001 | 37.5 | 29.7 | 11.7 | 25.7 | 16.7 | 12.9 |
| 2002 | 38.3 | 29.3 | 12.3 | 26.0 | 16.9 | 12.4 |
| 2003 | 45.7 | 30.4 | 13.9 | 31.8 | 17.5 | 12.9 |
| 2004 | 54.7 | 36.4 | 15.5 | 39.2 | 21.5 | 14.9 |
| 2005 | 60.4 | 42.8 | 16.5 | 43.9 | 24.8 | 18.0 |
| 2006 | 63.2 | 48.4 | 17.4 | 45.7 | 28.8 | 19.6 |
| 2007 | 65.4 | 53.2 | 19.8 | 45.6 | 31.7 | 21.5 |
| 2008 | 67.7 | 63.4 | 22.4 | 45.2 | 36.5 | 26.9 |
NOTE: Payments consist of money paid by domestic consumers to foreign carriers or service providers. Receipts consist of money received by domestic carriers or service providers from foreign sources.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, based on data from U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. International Transactions Accounts Data, available at www.bea.gov as of Sept. 10, 2009.
- In 2008, U.S. receipts for freight transportation services totaled $22 billion, double the amount in 1998. Payments for freight services were $45 billion, more than twice the amount in 1998.
- From 1998 to 2008, receipts and payments for port services more than doubled, to $37 billion and $27 billion respectively.