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Figure 24 Receipts and Payments for U.S. International Freight and Port Services Trade: 1986-2000 Receipts for Exports of Freight Services

Figure 24
Receipts and Payments for U.S. International Freight and Port Services Trade: 1986-2000
Receipts for Exports of Freight Services

(Billions of current $)

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  Ocean Air Other
1986 12,501 2,833 2,045
1987 12,462 3,224 2,384
1988 13,840 3,611 2,832
1989 14,092 3,916 3,196
1990 15,231 4,639 3,556
1991 14,393 4,978 3,834
1992 13,889 4,965 3,159
1993 14,519 5,395 3,198
1994 15,847 6,090 3,647
1995 16,792 6,770 4,165
1996 15,961 7,157 4,565
1997 16,479 8,151 4,817
1998 17,435 8,382 4,641
1999 19,668 9,180 4,929
2000 24,397 10,510 5,305

Receipts for Exports of Port Services

(Billions of current $)

  Ocean Air Other
1986 5,842 4,635 94
1987 6,515 4,961 100
1988 7,316 5,407 98
1989 7,610 5,590 118
1990 7,815 5,742 105
1991 8,041 5,835 104
1992 7,193 5,785 111
1993 7,476 5,753 135
1994 7,898 6,135 145
1995 8,298 6,361 149
1996 7,799 6,971 160
1997 7,659 7,404 154
1998 7,145 7,253 160
1999 7,863 7,325 167
2000 8,661 8,121 168

Payments for Imports of Freight Services

(Billions of current $)

  Ocean Air Other
1986 9,174 2,050 1,288
1987 8,915 2,242 1,461
1988 9,937 2,226 1,630
1989 9,999 2,196 1,802
1990 10,904 2,207 1,936
1991 10,182 2,256 2,116
1992 9,752 2,376 1,443
1993 10,463 2,580 1,475
1994 11,371 2,913 1,724
1995 11,514 3,113 1,828
1996 11,258 3,201 2,080
1997 11,904 3,543 2,207
1998 13,652 3,624 2,136
1999 15,728 4,137 2,351
2000 19,656 4,739 2,582

Payments for Imports of Port Services

(Billions of current $)

  Ocean Air Other
1986 2,125 3,076 53
1987 2,115 4,190 87
1988 2,244 4,756 99
1989 2,228 5,882 65
1990 2,174 7,674 71
1991 2,093 8,256 72
1992 2,028 8,092 76
1993 2,011 7,918 77
1994 2,325 7,609 77
1995 2,555 7,947 77
1996 2,231 8,551 82
1997 2,187 9,034 84
1998 1,930 8,935 86
1999 1,973 9,852 98
2000 2,084 11,892 105

NOTE: Other carriers include truck, rail, and pipeline. Other ports include land ports for truck and rail, and payments for imports of these port services were generally less than $100 million for the time period.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics; based on data from U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, International Accounts Data, available at http://www.bea.doc.gov/bea/di/1001serv/intlserv.htm, as of June 2002.