This report provides an overview of U.S. international merchandise trade, reviews changes in trading patterns and modal trends, and examines shifts in the patterns of freight demand among U.S. international freight gateways. In addition, the report reviews the changing mix of traded commodities, focusing especially on transportation-related goods. It also examines U.S. freight transportation and port services and their important role in facilitating U.S. international merchandise trade. The report further analyzes the critical role freight transportation continues to play in enabling international trade and discusses capacity and access challenges that growth in international freight pose to the U.S. freight transportation system. It also looks at some of the new security challenges facing the U.S. freight transportation system as the nation implements transportation security measures following the 2001 terrorist attacks. The report concludes with a discussion of some of the major underlying factors that are driving change and continuity in U.S. international merchandise trade and the possible effects of trade growth on the nation's transportation networks. For most of the major topics discussed in this report, detailed trade and transportation data tables are provided in appendix C. These tables complement the tables in the text.
U.S. International Trade and Freight Transportation Trends
2003
160 pages
Report
No indication
English
International Commerce, Marketing, & Economics , Transportation , International Relations , Merchandise trade , Freight transportation , International trade , Trends , Trading partners , Modal trends , Commodities , Transportation security , Services trade , Change , Continuity , Growth , Concerns , United States
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