| Title | Maritime Vessels Carry More than Half of Growing U.S.-East Africa Trade |
|---|---|
| Record ID | 35394 |
| Personal Name Creator |
Beningo, Steven; Liu, Zhi |
| Source | BTS special report; 5p. in various pagings |
| Corporate Contributor |
United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics |
| Publisher | United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics |
| Publication Date | 20090301 |
| Language | English |
| Abstract | Trade between the United States and East African countries (defined in this special report as Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda) has grown substantially in recent years, reaching $1.3 billion in value in 2007. Between 1997 and 2007, U.S. exports to East Africa increased at an average annual rate of 9.1 percent per year, while imports grew by 7.7 percent. In 2007, 57 percent of U.S. trade with East Africa took place via seagoing vessel, and 22 percent by air. Trade by air has increased slightly faster than vessel trade, at average annual rates of 9.3 percent and 7.8 percent, respectively. The remaining 21 percent of U.S. trade with East Africa was classified by the U.S. Census Bureau as being transported via "other" modes. The exports in the "other" category consisted mostly of U.S. shipments of airplanes to Kenya. These shipments cannot be classified as trade by air because the aircraft itself was the commodity being shipped, as opposed to being the vehicle that transports commodities. |
| Rosap ID | dot:35450 |
| Rosap URL | https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/35450 |
| TRT Terms | Merchant vessels; International trade; Statistics; Data tables |
| Classification | NTL - MARINE/WATERWAYS TRANSPORTATION - MARINE/WATERWAYS TRANSPORTATION; NTL - MARINE/WATERWAYS TRANSPORTATION - Ships and Vessels; NTL - REFERENCES AND DIRECTORIES - Statistics |
| Geographical Coverage |
United States; East Africa |
| OCLC | 692313900 |
| TRIS Online Accession No |
1135318 |
| Report Number | SR-013 |
| Availability | BTS Products |
| Resource type | Brief |
| URL | https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/35000/35300/35394/Maritime.pdf |
| Alternative URL | http://www.bts.gov/publications/special_reports_and_issue_briefs/special_report/2009_02_13/html/entire.html; http://www.bts.gov/publications/special_reports_and_issue_briefs/; http://www.bts.gov/programs/freight_transportation/ |
| Format | |
| Database | NTL Digital Repository |