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July Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Rose 12.6 Percent from July 2005

 (State Rankings in Tables 5 and 7)

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Friday, September 29, 2006 - Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners Canada and Mexico was 12.6 percent higher in July 2006 than in July 2005, reaching $55.9 billion, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the U.S. Department of Transportation (Table 1).

BTS, a part of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), reported that North American surface transportation trade fell 16.4 percent in July from June (Table 2).  Month-to-month changes can be affected by seasonal variations and other factors. 

Surface transportation consists largely of freight movements by truck, rail and pipeline.  About 90 percent of U.S. trade by value with Canada and Mexico moves on land.

Total North American surface transportation trade value in July was up 36.9 percent compared to July 2001, and up 83.5 percent compared to July 1996, a period of 10 years (Table 3).  Imports in July were up 91.2 percent compared to July 1996, while exports were up 74.0 percent. 

U.S. Surface Transportation Trade with Canada

U.S.-Canada surface transportation trade totaled $35.2 billion in July, up 10.7 percent compared to July 2005 (Table 4).  The value of imports carried by truck was 7.6 percent higher in July 2006 than July 2005, while the value of exports carried by truck was 14.3 percent higher.

Michigan led all states in surface trade with Canada in July with $3.5 billion (Table 5).

U.S. Surface Transportation Trade with Mexico

U.S. - Mexico surface transportation trade totaled $20.7 billion in July, up 16.0 percent compared to July 2005 (Table 6).  The value of imports carried by truck was 17.2 percent higher in July 2006 than July 2005 while the value of exports carried by truck was 14.5 percent higher.         

Texas led all states in surface trade with Mexico in July with $6.5 billion (Table 7).  

The Transborder Freight Data are a special extract of the official U.S. foreign trade statistics.  The data are tabulated for BTS monthly by the U.S. Census Bureau's Foreign Trade Division.  July transborder numbers include data received by BTS as of September 14. 

The news release and summary tables can be found at www.bts.gov.  More information on Transborder Freight Data and data from previous months are posted on the BTS website at http://www.bts.gov/transborder/.  BTS will release August transborder numbers on Oct. 30.

Table 1. Value of Monthly U.S. Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico

(millions of dollars)

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Source: BTS Transborder Freight Data, http://www.bts.gov/transborder/

Note: Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.

Table 2.  Value of U.S. Merchandise Trade with Canada and Mexico by Surface Modes of Transportation

(millions of dollars)

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Source: BTS Transborder Freight Data, http://www.bts.gov/transborder/

Note: The value of all surface modes is not equal to the sum of truck, rail and pipeline modes.  The value of trade for all surface modes includes shipments made by truck, rail, pipeline, mail, foreign trade zones, other and unknown modes of transportation.  For additional detail refer to the Transborder Freight Data "Sources and Reliability" statement: http://www.bts.gov/ntda/tbscd/srfin.html; Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.

Table 3. July 2006 Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Compared with July of Prior Years

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Source: BTS Transborder Freight Data, http://www.bts.gov/transborder/

Table 4. Value of U.S. Merchandise Trade with Canada by Surface Modes of Transportation

(millions of dollars)

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Source: BTS Transborder Freight Data, http://www.bts.gov/transborder/

Note: The value of all surface modes is not equal to the sum of truck, rail and pipeline modes.  The value of trade for all surface modes includes shipments made by truck, rail, pipeline, mail, foreign trade zones, other and unknown modes of transportation.  For additional detail refer to the Transborder Freight Data "Sources and Reliability" statement: http://www.bts.gov/ntda/tbscd/srfin.html; Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.

Table 5. Top 10 States Trading with Canada by Surface Modes of Transportation

Ranked by July 2006 Surface Trade Value

(millions of dollars)

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Source: BTS Transborder Freight Data, http://www.bts.gov/transborder/

Table 6.  Value of U.S. Merchandise Trade with Mexico by Surface Modes of Transportation

(millions of dollars)

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Source: BTS Transborder Freight Data, http://www.bts.gov/transborder/

Note: The value of all surface modes is not equal to the sum of truck, rail and pipeline modes.  The value of trade for all surface modes includes shipments made by truck, rail, pipeline, mail, foreign trade zones, other and unknown modes of transportation.  For additional detail refer to the Transborder Freight data "Sources and Reliability" statement: http://www.bts.gov/ntda/tbscd/srfin.html; Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.

Table 7. Top 10 States Trading with Mexico by Surface Modes of Transportation

Ranked by July 2006 Surface Trade Value

(millions of dollars)

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Source: BTS Transborder Freight Data, http://www.bts.gov/transborder/