1.13 Sea port goods movement

  1. The Nation’s ports handle the vast majority of U.S. international trade and transportation.
  2. Following Figure shows the monthly U.S. international freight value transported by vessel. Between January 2021 and October 2021, the monthly U.S. international freight value transported by vessel increased by about $31 billion (22.6 percent) from $139 billion in January 2021 to $170 billion in October 2021 billion in October 2021.
Monthly U.S. international freight value

(#fig:FigureFreightValue 2.12)Monthly U.S. international freight value

Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics analysis, based upon U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, USA Trade Online, available at https://usatrade.census.gov/ as of December 2021.