Table 3,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Value of U.S. Merchandise Trade with NAFTA Partners by Mode: 1997-2000 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
(Millions of dollars),,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,"Percentage change,",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Mode,1997,1998,1999,2000,1997 - 2000,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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Truck," 323,298 "," 349,979 "," 385,413 "," 428,700 ", 32.6 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Rail," 69,844 "," 67,872 "," 78,414 "," 94,198 ", 34.9 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Air," 27,744 "," 30,127 "," 34,380 "," 44,950 ", 62.0 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Water," 21,661 "," 20,852 "," 23,357 "," 32,607 ", 50.5 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Pipeline," 14,132 "," 11,289 "," 12,315 "," 23,592 ", 66.9 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Other1," 18,704 "," 22,596 "," 25,107 "," 29,224 ", 56.2 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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Total trade," 475,382 "," 502,715 "," 558,987 "," 653,270 ", 37.4 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"    Subtotal, land"," 425,977 "," 451,736 "," 501,239 "," 575,713 ", 35.2 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"     Land, % of total", 89.6 , 89.9 , 89.7 , 88.1 ,,
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"1 Other includes ""flyaway aircraft"" (i.e., aircraft moving under its own power from the manufacturer to a ",,,,,,
"customer and not carrying freight), vessels moving under their own power, pedestrians carrying  freight,",,,,,,
 and miscellaneous.,,,,,,
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"NOTES: Shipments that neither originate nor terminate in the United States (i.e., in-transit or in-bond  ",,,,,,
"shipments) are not included here, although they use the U.S. transportation system.  These ",,,,,,
"shipments are usually part of Mexico-Canada trade, and simply pass through the ",,,,,,
"United States. Merchandise trade data exclude export shipments valued at less than $2,500 and",,,,,,
"import shipments valued at less than $1,250. Individual modal totals may not sum to exact export or ",,,,,,
import totals due to rounding.,,,,,,
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"SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, special tabulation, April   ",,,,,,
"2001; based on: total trade, air and water—U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Foreign Trade ",,,,,,
"Division, FT920 U.S. Merchandise Trade (Washington, DC: Various years); all land modes—U.S. Department"
"of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Transborder Surface Freight Data."