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Transportation Satellite Accounts, 1996

   

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BEA Contact: Ann Lawson (202) 606-9462 BEA 00-20 
     New Report Documents Transportation's Role in National Economy
     The most up-to-date picture of transportation services shows that these services
contributed 60 percent more to the U.S. economy than is shown by traditional economic
accounts.
     A report, issued by the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic
Analysis (BEA), shows that transportation services contributed $378 billion to the national economy in
1996, the latest year for which figures are available, $142 billion larger than the estimate from
traditional accounts. The transportation sector grew by 21 percent from 1992, the only other year
for which comparable figures are available.
     The estimates are the latest from the Transportation Satellite Accounts (TSA's), which
provide more detailed information on transportation than do traditional economic accounts.  For
example, the transporting of goods from a grocery company's warehouses to its retail outlets by
the company's own trucking fleet is included in retailing in traditional economic accounting
systems but is included in transportation in the TSA's.
     The TSA's provide answers to such questions as:  What is the contribution of
transportation to the economy?  Which industries are large users of transportation?   What goods
and services do industries purchase to support transportation operations?
     The information from the TSA's is presented in four matrix tables that are available for
free in compressed files on BEA's web site (www.bea.doc.gov).  Two summary tables showing
how different economic sectors use transportation and how their transportation activities
contribute to gross domestic product for both 1992 and 1996 are provided below.
     
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             Table 1.--Use of Transportation Across Industries, 1992 and 1996
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                                                        |               Millions of dollars at producers' prices            |                         Percent
                                                        |___________________________________________________________________|______________________________________________________
                                                        |                       |                     |                     |  Share of total  |  Share of total  |     Share of
                                                        |        For-hire       |    Own-account      |        Total        |     for-hire     |    own-account   |      total
         Industry                                       |     Transportation    |  Transportation /1/ |   Transportation    |  transportation  | transportation/1/|  transportation
                                                        |_______________________|_____________________|________________________________________|__________________|_________________
                                                        |     1992       1996   |   1992       1996   |   1992       1996   |   1992    1996   |   1992    1996   |   1992    1996
________________________________________________________|_______________________|_____________________|_____________________|__________________|__________________|_________________
Total...................................................    381,300    473,096    165,461    199,652    546,761    672,748     100.0   100.0      100.0   100.0      100.0   100.0
Intermediate............................................    217,925    275,903    165,461    199,652    383,386    475,555      57.1    58.3      100.0   100.0       70.1    70.6
  Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries..................      5,720      7,070     13,177     15,157     18,897     22,227       1.5     1.5        8.0     7.6        3.5     3.3
  Mining................................................      2,810      2,786      3,870      3,670      6,680      6,456       0.7     0.6        2.3     1.8        1.2     1.0
  Construction..........................................     13,286     16,127     38,950     48,338     52,236     64,465       3.5     3.4       23.5    24.2        9.6     9.6
  Manufacturing.........................................     80,248     94,275     21,806     22,316    102,054    116,591      21.0    19.9       13.2    11.2       18.7    17.3
  Railroads and related services; passenger
    ground transportation...............................      3,470      4,271      .....      .....      3,470      4,271       0.9     0.9      .....   .....        0.6     0.6
  Motor freight transportation and warehousing..........     35,049     49,392      .....      .....     35,049     49,392       9.2    10.4      .....   .....        6.4     7.3
  Water transportation..................................      5,889      8,509      .....      .....      5,889      8,509       1.5     1.8      .....   .....        1.1     1.3
  Air transportation....................................     14,409     17,781      .....      .....     14,409     17,781       3.8     3.8      .....   .....        2.6     2.6
  Pipelines, freight forwarders, and related services...      1,294      1,572      .....      .....      1,294      1,572       0.3     0.3      .....   .....        0.2     0.2
  State and local government passenger transit..........        173        271      .....      .....        173        271       (*)     0.1      .....   .....        (*)     (*)
  Own-account transportation /1/ .......................      1,306      1,720      .....      .....      1,306      1,720       0.3     0.4      .....   .....        0.2     0.3
  Communications and utilities..........................      8,803     10,607      1,187      1,294      9,990     11,901       2.3     2.2        0.7     0.6        1.8     1.8
  Wholesale and retail trade............................      8,963     12,802     42,819     54,878     51,782     67,680       2.4     2.7       25.9    27.5        9.5    10.1
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...................     10,523     12,174        899      1,259     11,422     13,433       2.8     2.6        0.5     0.6        2.1     2.0
  Services..............................................     21,482     28,745     42,035     51,918     63,517     80,663       5.6     6.1       25.4    26.0       11.6    12.0
  Other /2/.............................................      4,500      7,801        718        823      5,218      8,624       1.2     1.6        0.4     0.4        1.0     1.3
Final...................................................    163,375    197,193      .....      .....    163,375    197,193      42.9    41.7      .....   .....       29.9    29.4
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 *  Less than 0.1 percent.
 1. "Own-account transportation" includes transportation by truck and bus provided by nontransportation industries for their own use.
 2. "Other" consists of government enterprises (except state and local government passenger transit) and other I-O special industries.  For a description of I-O special
industries, see "Benchmark Input-Output Accounts for the U.S. Economy, 1992: Make, Use, and Supplementary Tables," Survey 77 (November 1997): 46-47.
                                                                 
         Table 2.--Transportation Value-Added by Industry of Origin, 1992 and 1996
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                                                        |                         Millions of dollars                       |                         Percent
                                                        |___________________________________________________________________|______________________________________________________
                                                        |                       |                     |                     |  Share of total  |  Share of total  |     Share of
                                                        |        For-hire       |    Own-account      |        Total        |     for-hire     |    own-account   |      total
         Industry                                       |     Transportation    |  Transportation /1/ |   Transportation    |  transportation  | transportation/1/|  transportation
                                                        |_______________________|_____________________|________________________________________|__________________|_________________
                                                        |     1992       1996   |   1992       1996   |   1992       1996   |   1992    1996   |   1992    1996   |   1992    1996
________________________________________________________|_______________________|_____________________|_____________________|__________________|__________________|_________________
Total....................................................   191,644    236,257    121,531    141,981    313,175    378,238     100.0   100.0      100.0   100.0      100.0   100.0
  Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries...................     .....      .....      8,821      9,465      8,821      9,465     .....   .....        7.3     6.7        2.8     2.5
  Mining.................................................     .....      .....      2,965      2,705      2,965      2,705     .....   .....        2.4     1.9        0.9     0.7
  Construction...........................................     .....      .....     30,266     37,444     30,266     37,444     .....   .....       24.9    26.4        9.7     9.9
  Manufacturing..........................................     .....      .....     15,899     15,011     15,899     15,011     .....   .....       13.1    10.6        5.1     4.0
  Railroads and related services; passenger
    ground transportation................................    34,390     41,541      .....      .....     34,390     41,541      17.9    17.6      .....   .....       11.0    11.0
  Motor freight transportation and warehousing...........    83,371    101,456      .....      .....     83,371    101,456      43.5    42.9      .....   .....       26.6    26.8
  Water transportation...................................    12,796     11,215      .....      .....     12,796     11,215       6.7     4.7      .....   .....        4.1     3.0
  Air transportation.....................................    42,166     59,315      .....      .....     42,166     59,315      22.0    25.1      .....   .....       13.5    15.7
  Pipelines, freight forwarders, and related services....    19,624     23,192      .....      .....     19,624     23,192      10.2     9.8      .....   .....        6.3     6.1
  State and local government passenger transit...........      -703       -462      .....      .....       -703       -462      -0.4    -0.2      .....   .....       -0.2    -0.1
  Communications and utilities...........................     .....      .....        771        799        771        799     .....   .....        0.6     0.6        0.2     0.2
  Wholesale and retail trade.............................     .....      .....     30,999     39,186     30,999     39,186     .....   .....       25.5    27.6        9.9    10.4
  Finance, insurance, and real estate....................     .....      .....        607        810        607        810     .....   .....        0.5     0.6        0.2     0.2
  Services...............................................     .....      .....     30,740     36,072     30,740     36,072     .....   .....       25.3    25.4        9.8     9.5
  Other /2/..............................................     .....      .....        463        489        463        489     .....   .....        0.4     0.3        0.1     0.1
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 1. "Own-account transportation" includes transportation by truck and bus provided by nontransportation industries for their own use.
 2. "Other" consists of government enterprises (except state and local government passenger transit)and other I-O special industries.  For a description of I-O special industries,
see "Benchmark Input-Output Accounts for the U.S. Economy, 1992: Make, Use, and Supplementary Tables," Survey 77 (November 1997): 46-47.