Year	Domestic	Foreign	Total		Year	Domestic	Foreign	Total
	millions of short tons					millions of short tons
1959	726.73	325.67	1,052.40		1980	1,077.48	921.40	1,998.89
1960	760.57	339.28	1,099.85		1981	1,054.46	887.10	1,941.56
1961	732.83	329.33	1,062.16		1982	957.01	819.73	1,776.74
1962	770.81	258.60	1,029.40		1983	956.52	751.14	1,707.66
1963	788.11	385.66	1,173.77		1984	1,032.68	803.34	1,836.02
1964	816.17	421.93	1,238.09		1985	1,014.11	774.32	1,788.43
1965	829.17	443.73	1,272.90		1986	1,037.19	837.22	1,874.42
1966	862.72	471.39	1,334.12		1987	1,076.48	890.98	1,967.46
1967	870.63	465.97	1,336.61		1988	1,111.77	975.22	2,086.99
1968	887.89	507.95	1,395.84		1989	1,102.53	1,037.91	2,140.44
1969	927.40	521.31	1,448.71		1990	1,122.30	1,041.56	2,163.85
1970	950.73	580.97	1,531.70		1991	1,078.55	1,013.56	2,092.11
1971	946.60	565.99	1,512.58		1992	1,094.63	1,037.47	2,132.10
1972	986.81	629.98	1,616.79		1993	1,068.18	1,060.04	2,128.22
1973	994.16	767.39	1,761.55		1994	1,099.01	1,115.74	2,214.75
1974	982.70	764.09	1,746.79		1995	1,093.04	1,147.36	2,240.39
1975	946.33	748.71	1,695.03		1996	1,100.68	1,183.39	2,284.07
1976	979.04	855.96	1,835.01		1997	112.53	1,220.62	1,333.14
1977	972.97	935.26	1,908.22		1998	1,094.11	1,245.39	2,339.50
1978	1,075.29	946.06	2,021.35		1999	1,060.70	1,261.40	2,322.10
1979	1,080.31	993.44	2,073.76

Source:  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1998 Waterborne Commerce of the United States (USACE, Washington, DC, 1999).

Notes:  Foreign waterborne commerce = sum of imports and exports. Domestic waterborne commerce = sum of internal, coastwise, and lakewise traffic. Beginning in 1996, fish was excluded from internal and intraport domestic traffic.

Last Updated on 1/27/01