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TRANSPORTATION, LOGISTICAL,

AND WAREHOUSING APPLICATIONS

35.1 Industry Overview

NAICS code: all 48000s through 49000s

INDUSTRY SNAPSHOT

199,618 transportation and logistic operations in the United States
3,650,859 employees
$383.2 billion in annual sales
7.3 tons of solid waste generation per employee
Major waste streams: paper and wood

The transportation and warehousing sector includes industries providing transporta-
tion of passengers and cargo, warehousing and storage for goods, scenic and sight-
seeing transportation, and support activities related to modes of transportation.
Establishments in these industries use transportation equipment or transportation-
related facilities as a productive asset. The type of equipment depends on the mode of
transportation. The modes of transportation are air, rail, water, road, and pipeline.
Logistics services involve a range of related activities that encompass the process of
planning, storing, and controlling the flow of goods, services, and related information
from point of origin to point of consumption. Logistics services traditionally involve
transportation services (i.e., air, land, and maritime); retailing, distribution, and ware-
housing services; and services involving information technology applications.
Currently, $3 trillion per year is spent globally on supply-chain logistics services,
and that spending is increasing at a rate of 10 percent annually. Approximately 10 percent
of U.S. GDP is related to transportation activity. In 2002, 19 billion tons of freight

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