($ millions)
Overall and Land Modes | Total | Exports | Imports |
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Total U.S. trade by all modes (land, sea, air) | 1,983,139 | 723,743 | 1,259,396 |
Total U.S. trade by land | 562,776 | 240,486 | 322,291 |
Value of International Land Freight via Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY | |||
Total land trade through port | 59,369 | 27,367 | 32,002 |
Port's share of total U.S. land freight value | 10.5 | 11.4 | 9.9 |
Value of International Land Freight by Mode via Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY | |||
Truck | 45,753 | 24,988 | 20,765 |
Rail | 9,127 | 1,763 | 7,364 |
Pipeline | 3,949 | 276 | 3,673 |
Other and unknown | 541 | 341 | 200 |
Value of Land Freight O&D, All Modes via Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY | |||
To and from New York | 9,585 | 4,011 | 5,574 |
To and from other U.S. States | 49,784 | 23,356 | 26,428 |
Other states' shipments as percent of freight value via port | 83.9 | 85.3 | 82.6 |
Value of Truck Freight O&D, via Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY | |||
To and from New York | 9,024 | 3,994 | 5,030 |
To and from other U.S. States | 36,729 | 20,994 | 15,734 |
Other states' shipments as percent of freight value via port | 80.3 | 84.0 | 75.8 |
KEY: O&D = origin and destination.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, based on data from multiple sources, U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Exports and Imports of Merchandise, CD-ROM, 2003; and U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Transborder Surface Freight Data, 2003.