Modal shares of U.S. merchandise trade

The statistic shows the modal shares of U.S. merchandise trade handled by land, water, and air gateways by value and weight in 2007. In that year, 25,1 percent of the total value traded, was traded by air.

Modal shares of U.S. merchandise trade handled by land, water, and air gateways by value and weight in 2007

Trade method	Value	Weight
U.S. total land trade*	24.1%	22%
U.S. total water trade	44.9%	77.7%
U.S. total air trade	25.1%	0.4%
Other and unknown**	5.9%	0.1%

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Release date

November 2009

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2007

Supplementary notes

Bureau of Transportation Statistics estimated the export weight for truck, rail, pipeline, and other and unknown based on value-to-weight ratios from the import data. This estimation procedure was used because U.S. exporters are not currently required to report the export weight for land modes. Weight for water and air exports and imports are from U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau.
* Includes truck, rail, and pipeline modes.
** Includes purchased vehicles such as aircraft or boats moving from manufacturer to customer where the vehicle itself is the shipment, pedestrians carrying freight, and miscellaneous.

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