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Data Sources
Related to Freight Transportation

Each day governments, businesses, and consumers make countless decisions about what to ship, which modes to use, where to locate their facilities, and when and where to make investments. Sound data are needed to make these decisions. This page provides links to major sources of national freight transportation data.

Transportation Infrastructure and Activity

• Commodity Flow Survey
• Commodity Flow Survey Microdata
• Freight Analysis Framework (FAF)
• Highway Statistics
• Maritime Statistics
• Motor Carrier Financial and Operating Statistics
• Oil Pipeline Statistics
• Pipeline Safety Statistics
• Rail Waybill Data
• Transborder Freight Data
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Navigation Data Center
• Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey (VIUS)
• Vehicle Travel Information System (VTRIS)

General

• Agricultural Trade
• National Transportation Statistics
• North American Transportation Statistics
• Statistical Abstract of the United States
• Transportation Energy Data Book
• U.S. International Trade

Economics

• County Business Patterns
• Employment Statistics
• Industry Economic Accounts
• Pay and Benefits
• Producer Price Index
• Productivity Statistics
• Regional Economic Accounts
• Surface Transportation Board Economic Data
• Transportation Satellite Account

Classification Systems Used for Freight Data

• Harmonized System
• International Standard Industrial Classification System, Central Product Classification, Standard International Trade Classification, Broad Economic Categories, Classifications of Expenditure
• North American Industrial Classification System
• North American Product Classification System
• Standard Classification of Transported Goods
• Standard Occupational Classification System
• United Nations World Geographical Names

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