United States - Transport services imports

Transport services (% of commercial service imports)

The value for Transport services (% of commercial service imports) in United States was 16.62 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 53.24 in 1980 and a minimum value of 16.62 in 2020.

Definition: Transport services (% of commercial service imports) covers all transport services (sea, air, land, internal waterway, space, and pipeline) performed by residents of one economy for those of another and involving the carriage of passengers, movement of goods (freight), rental of carriers with crew, and related support and auxiliary services. Excluded are freight insurance, which is included in insurance services; goods procured in ports by nonresident carriers and repairs of transport equipment, which are included in goods; repairs of railway facilities, harbors, and airfield facilities, which are included in construction services; and rental of carriers without crew, which is included in other services.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1970 44.48
1971 44.30
1972 44.43
1973 47.76
1974 51.44
1975 48.54
1976 50.16
1977 52.42
1978 51.66
1979 52.70
1980 53.24
1981 53.00
1982 44.41
1983 46.07
1984 38.89
1985 38.63
1986 37.71
1987 35.81
1988 35.56
1989 35.87
1990 36.38
1991 35.29
1992 33.47
1993 33.05
1994 32.76
1995 32.65
1996 31.38
1997 31.33
1998 30.60
1999 27.33
2000 28.35
2001 27.37
2002 25.87
2003 26.71
2004 27.22
2005 27.67
2006 25.58
2007 24.10
2008 23.70
2009 20.15
2010 21.85
2011 22.26
2012 22.48
2013 21.44
2014 21.38
2015 20.89
2016 18.81
2017 18.38
2018 20.42
2019 19.89
2020 16.62

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports