Transportation

In 2012, "transportation" (EBOPS 2002 code 205) was the third largest exported service category, accounting for 19.0 percent of total world services exports (see table 1). The value (in current US$) of exports of this service category increased by 1.1 percent (compared to -0.1 percent average growth rate from 2008-2012) to reach 846.3 bln US$ (see table 2), while imports increased by 2.8 percent to reach 1071.1 bln US$ (see table 3). USA, Germany and France were the top exporters in 2012 (see table 2). They accounted for 9.8, 6.8 and 5.3 percent of world exports, respectively. USA, China and Germany were the top importers, with respectively 8.4, 8.0 and 6.3 percent of world imports (see table 3).

Related Subject(s): International Trade and Finance