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The creation of the fifth generation of FAF (FAF5) is underway, and the regional database for the benchmark year of 2017 is now available. Future releases of FAF5 will include annual estimates, historical time series, forecasts, tabulation and visualization tools, and network files based on the 2017 Commodity Flow Survey.The FAF5 Regional Database of tonnage, value, and ton-miles by FAF regions of origin and destination, commodity type, and mode, benchmarked to the 2017 Commodity Flow Survey is available. Weights are in thousands of tons, activity is in millions of ton-miles, and values are in millions of 2017 constant dollars. Files are available in .csv and MS Access formats.Website - https://www.bts.gov/fafAttributes - dms_dest = FAF region or state where a freight movement ends
the domestic portion of shipment. For
exports, this is the US exit region where an export leaves the United States.
fr_dest = Foreign
region of shipment destination
fr_inmode = Mode used between a foreign region and the US
entry region for the imported goods
dms_mode = Mode used between domestic origins and
destinations
fr_outmode = Mode used between the US exit region and foreign
region for the exported goods
sctg2 = 2-digit level of the Standard Classification of
Transported Goods
trade_type = Type of trade
value = Total value (in 2017 dollar) of commodities shipped
(unit: Million $)
tons = Total weight of commodities shipped (unit: Thousand
Tons)