Moving Goods

The freight transportation network links natural resources, manufacturing facilities, labor markets, and customers across the Nation and with international trading partners.

Freight Shipments Within the U.S. by Mode

Value of Shipments
Weight of Shipments (Millions of Tons)
Ton Miles of Shipments (Billions of Ton Miles)
Notes:
Details may not add to totals due to rounding. Includes domestic trade and the domestic portion of imports and exports. Multiple modes includes mail. Other includes other, unknown, and imported crude oil with no domestic mode.

Source:
U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics and Federal Highway Administration, Freight Analysis Framework, Version 4.5.1, available at www.bts.gov/faf.

U.S. Trade by Coasts and Borders

Notes:
Includes U.S. International merchandise trade only.

Sources:
Value - U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Division, HS Port-Level Data (Washington, DC: annual issues). Implicit GDP Deflator - Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, GDP Implicit Price Deflator in United States [USAGDPDEFAISMEI], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; available at https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/USAGDPDEFAISMEI .

U.S. Trade with Canada and Mexico by Mode

Notes:
Export weights for land modes (Truck, Rail, Pipeline, Other) are estimated by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics using value-to-weight ratios derived from import data. Other includes mail, other, unknown, and shipments through Foreign Trade Zones. Percents do not add to 100 due to rounding. North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) refers to U.S. trade with Canada and Mexico.

Sources:
U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, special tabulation and North American Transborder Freight Data, available at https://data.bts.gov/stories/s/myhq-rm6q .

Incoming Truck Border Crossings

Source: 
U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Border Crossing Entry Data, retrieved from https://data.bts.gov/stories/s/jswi-2e7b .

Top 5 Truck Ports of Entry

Key: Empty Cell = data are not available.

Notes: 
Excludes drivers and passengers in commercial trucks. 

Source: 
U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Border Crossing Entry Data, retrieved from https://data.bts.gov/stories/s/jswi-2e7b .

Top 10 U.S. Water Ports

Key: TEU = twenty-foot equivalent unit.

Notes:
Includes domestic and foreign waterborne trade. Excludes foreign empty TEUs.

Source:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center, personal communication.

Top World Container Ports

Key: TEU = twenty-foot equivalent unit.
Source:

Top 10 U.S. International Trade Gateways

Notes:
Air gateways include a low level (generally less than 3% of the total value) of freight shipped through small user-fee airports located in the same area as the gateways listed. Air gateways not identified by airport name (e.g., Chicago, IL) include major airport(s) in the area and small regional airports.

Source:
As cited in U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics, table 1-51, available at https://www.bts.gov/nts.