Overall and Water Modes ($ millions) | Total | Exports | Imports |
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Total U.S. trade by all modes (land, water, air) | 1,983,139 | 723,743 | 1,259,396 |
Total U.S. trade by water | 807,112 | 202,481 | 604,631 |
Value of International Waterborne Freight via Los Angeles ($ millions) | |||
Total waterborne freight through port | 122,051 | 16,865 | 105,186 |
Percent of total U.S. waterborne freight | 15.1 | 8.3 | 17.4 |
Weight of Waterborne Freight (short tons, millions) | |||
Total U.S. trade by water | 1,211 | 363 | 848 |
Total waterborne freight through port | 42 | 13 | 29 |
Percent of total U.S. waterborne freight | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.1 |
Containerized Freight (TEUs, thousands) | |||
Total U.S. containerized freight | 21,117 | 7,102 | 14,015 |
Total containerized freight through port | 3,948 | 842 | 3,106 |
Percent of total U.S. containerized freight | 18.7 | 11.9 | 22.2 |
KEY: TEU = Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit
SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, based on data from multiple sources: Overall and Water Modes: U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Exports and Imports of Merchandise, CD-ROM; Value of Intl. Waterborne Freight-MARAD, special tabulation, August 2004; Weight of Waterborne Freight: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Foreign Cargo Data, November 2004; Containerized Freight: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, special tabulation, November 2004.