Trucking and Courier Services--Summary statistics


	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998

OPERATING REVENUE AND EXPENSES (mil. dol.)

All carriers:
Operating revenue, total	116,937	127,314	126,772	135,437	142,547	155,713	161,806	172,743	183,153	197,490
Motor carrier	107,645	117,122	117,732	127,049	135,000	148,002	153,881	163,786	173,884	187,451
Local trucking	25,560	28,017	27,281	31,120	36,649	43,592	48,731	52,301	59,354	66,968
Long-distance trucking	82,085	89,105	90,451	95,929	98,351	104,410	105,150	111,485	114,530	120,483

Operating expenses, total	110,669	118,968	118,855	127,687	133,857	145,216	151,628	162,825	170,998	179,908

Special carriers:
Operating revenue, total	34,069	35,877	34,884	36,729	40,116	45,034	49,139	52,464	55,411	58,417
Motor carrier	29,557	31,042	30,604	32,690	36,184	41,078	44,969	47,883	50,706	53,321
Local trucking	13,599	14,783	14,668	16,366	19,367	23,420	27,181	29,045	31,624	33,919
Long-distance trucking	15,958	16,259	15,936	16,324	16,817	17,658	17,788	18,838	19,082	19,402

Operating expenses, total	30,896	32,576	32,072	34,101	37,140	41,052	44,556	47,685	49,560	51,896

General carriers:
Operating revenue, total	82,868	91,437	91,888	98,708	102,431	110,679	112,667	120,279	127,742	139,073
Motor carrier	78,088	86,080	87,128	94,359	98,816	106,924	108,912	115,903	123,178	134,130
Local trucking	11,961	13,234	12,613	14,754	17,282	20,172	21,550	23,256	27,730	33,049
Long-distance trucking	66,127	72,846	74,515	79,605	81,534	86,752	87,362	92,647	95,448	101,081

Operating expenses, total	79,773	86,392	86,783	93,586	96,717	104,164	107,072	115,140	121,438	128,012

MOTOR CARRIER REVENUE (est.) (mil. dol.)

Motor carrier revenue, total	107,645	117,122	117,732	127,049	135,000	148,002	153,881	163,786	173,884	187,451
Size of shipments:
Less than truckload	41,740	45,710	46,626	49,119	51,604	54,417	56,659	59,921	63,124	68,466
Truckload	65,905	71,412	71,106	77,930	83,396	93,585	97,222	103,865	110,760	118,985

Commodities handled:
Agricultural and food products	15,463	17,103	17,850	19,390	19,518	20,937	21,668	22,546	23,972	23,132
Mining products, unrefined	(S)	1,954	1,748	1,890	2,293	2,668	3,116	3,513	3,977	4,123
Building materials	5,823	6,269	5,966	7,247	9,044	10,195	10,495	11,051	12,516	14,045
Forestry, wood, and paper products	6,356	7,261	7,559	8,441

1058. Trucking and Courier Services--Summary