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Freight Analysis Framework

Friday, August 15, 2025

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About the Freight Analysis Framework

The Freight Analysis Framework (FAF) database provides estimates of US freight flows. The FAF provides data for states and metropolitan areas. Flows include all modes of transportation and 42 commodity types. The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) produces the FAF with support from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). BTS builds FAF with data from many sources. Inputs include the Commodity Flow Survey (CFS), foreign trade data, and data from agriculture, extraction, utility, construction, service, and other sectors.

FAF5 includes three types of freight flows: weight, value and activity. The FAF provides weight in thousands of tons, value in millions of 2017 constant dollars, and activity in millions of ton-miles. Users can download .csv and Microsoft Access files below.

Update: FAF5.7.1 is now available. FAF5.7.1 extends the improvements from FAF5.7, which were applied to the 2024 estimates, to the estimates for 2018 through 2023. This involves improved estimates of the U.S. point of entry or exit for foreign trade flows that use ground modes to cross the Canada and Mexico borders and for waterborne foreign trade flows. FAF5.7.1 applies two additional improvements to all estimates between 2018 and 2024. First, FAF5.7.1 uses the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers waterborne commerce statistics for 2023 (previously, the latest available year was 2022). Second, previous versions of the annual estimates assigned a small amount of foreign gravel flows (SCTG 12) to pipeline mode based on how it was originally coded in administrative records. FAF5.7.1 now codes the mode for these flows as Other/Unknown or Truck.

The latest version of FAF (FAF5.7.1) provides estimates of weight, value, and activity by origin and destination regions, commodity type, and mode for:

  • Base year (2017)
  • Annual estimates (2018–2023)
  • Preliminary annual estimates (2024)
  • Forecast year estimates (2030–2050)
  • State-level historical trend estimates (1997–2012)
  • Experimental county-to-county estimates (2022) – users can click this link to access the recently released experimental product (county-level flows) and documentation 

Updated annual estimates will use the new FAF6 benchmark and will be available in mid-2026.

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Related Information

Recommended Citations for FAF Datasets

  • FAF1 to FAF3 citation: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). (1997-2007) Freight Analysis Framework, FAF-1-3 [datasets].
  • FAF4 citation:  U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). (2012) Freight Analysis Framework, FAF4 [datasets].
  • FAF5 citation for 2017-2050 data:
  • FAF5 citation for historical reprocessed 1997-2012 data:

Previous Versions

Read about previous FAF5 versions and FAF's version numbering and view FAF4 data and documentation.

Inquiries about FAF can be directed to faf@dot.gov(link sends email). For other inquiries, contact 202-366-DATA(3282) or answers@dot.gov(link sends email).

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