This statistic represents the total weight of U.S. shipments in 2012 and 2017 and gives a forecast for 2045. In 2017, the weight of domestic shipments as well as exports and imports that were transported within the United States was around 17.8 billion tons.
Total weight of U.S. shipments in 2012, 2017 and 2045 (in million tons)*
* Domestic shipments, exports, and imports. Transportation modes: Truck, rail, water, air, air & truck, multiple modes & mail, pipeline, other, and unknown. Data does not include imports and exports that pass through the United States from a foreign origin to a foreign destination by any mode.
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Bureau of Transportation Statistics. (December 2, 2019). Total weight of U.S. shipments in 2012, 2017 and 2045 (in million tons)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 07, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/194555/total-weight-of-us-shipments-since-2007/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "Total weight of U.S. shipments in 2012, 2017 and 2045 (in million tons)*." Chart. December 2, 2019. Statista. Accessed December 07, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/194555/total-weight-of-us-shipments-since-2007/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics. (2019). Total weight of U.S. shipments in 2012, 2017 and 2045 (in million tons)*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 07, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/194555/total-weight-of-us-shipments-since-2007/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "Total Weight of U.S. Shipments in 2012, 2017 and 2045 (in Million Tons)*." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Dec 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/194555/total-weight-of-us-shipments-since-2007/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Total weight of U.S. shipments in 2012, 2017 and 2045 (in million tons)* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/194555/total-weight-of-us-shipments-since-2007/ (last visited December 07, 2024)
Total weight of U.S. shipments in 2012, 2017 and 2045 (in million tons)* [Graph], Bureau of Transportation Statistics, December 2, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/194555/total-weight-of-us-shipments-since-2007/
