COALITION FOR AMERICA’S GATEWAYS AND TRADE CORRIDORS “AMERICA’S FREIGHT IS AMERICA’S BUSINESS” -Container traffic grew from 8 million units in 1980 to 40 million in 2006 and is expected to reach 110 million by Freight railroad demand will increase by 88% by 2035 over 2002 levels -By 2020 the U.S. trucking industry will move 3 billion more tons of freight that what it hauls today -Four of the top ten traders with USA are heavy users of the Panama Canal (Billons of $) Exports Imports TOTAL PC Rank CANADA #10 CHINA # 2 MEXICO JAPAN # 4 GERMANY UNITED KINGDOM SOUTH KOREA # 5 BRAZIL FRANCE SAUDI ARABIA