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Surface Trade with
Canada and Mexico Rose 3.1 Percent
from December
2006
(State Rankings in Tables 5 and 7)
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Monday, March 3, 2008 - Trade using
surface transportation between the
United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners Canada and Mexico was
3.1 percent higher in December 2007 than in December 2006, reaching $60.9
billion, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the U.S.
Department of Transportation (Table 1).
The value of U.S. surface transportation trade with Canada and Mexico fell
13.4 percent in December from November (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.
The
value of U.S. surface
transportation trade with Canada and Mexico in December
was up 49.3 percent compared to December 2002, and up 73.5 percent compared to December
1997, a period of 10 years (Table 3). Imports
in December were up 82.0 percent compared to December 1997, while exports were
up 63.6 percent.
U.S. Surface Transportation Trade with Canada
U.S.–Canada surface transportation trade
totaled $39.6 billion in December, up 3.7 percent compared to December 2006 (Table
4). The value of imports carried by
truck was 6.7 percent lower in December 2007 than December 2006, while the
value of exports carried by truck was 5.0 percent higher.
Michigan
led all states in surface trade with Canada in December with $5.7 billion (Table 5).
U.S. Surface Transportation Trade with Mexico
U.S.–Mexico surface transportation
trade totaled $21.3 billion in December, up 2.1 percent compared to December 2006
(Table 6). The value of imports carried
by truck was 6.9 percent higher in December 2007 than December 2006 while the
value of exports carried by truck was 3.3 percent lower.
Texas
led all states in surface trade with Mexico in December with $6.5 billion (Table 7).
The TransBorder Freight Data are a unique
subset of official U.S. foreign trade statistics released by the U.S. Census Bureau. New data are tabulated monthly and historical
data are not adjusted for inflation. December
TransBorder numbers include data received by BTS as of Feb. 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 annual TransBorder numbers
on March 11 and January TransBorder numbers on March 31.
Table 1. Value of Monthly U.S. Surface Transportation Trade with Canada and Mexico
(millions of dollars)
Excel | CSV
January |
52,334 |
61,189 |
60,649 |
16.9 |
-0.9 |
February |
53,592 |
59,804 |
59,667 |
11.6 |
-0.2 |
March |
59,436 |
68,213 |
69,768 |
14.8 |
2.3 |
April |
58,297 |
61,742 |
65,015 |
5.9 |
5.3 |
May |
57,870 |
65,994 |
69,423 |
14.0 |
5.2 |
June |
59,431 |
66,898 |
69,526 |
12.6 |
3.9 |
July |
49,690 |
55,939 |
61,823 |
12.6 |
10.5 |
August |
60,188 |
66,354 |
69,158 |
10.2 |
4.2 |
September |
61,166 |
63,295 |
66,771 |
3.5 |
5.5 |
October |
63,985 |
66,846 |
74,249 |
4.5 |
11.1 |
November |
62,894 |
64,805 |
70,352 |
3.0 |
8.6 |
December |
59,104 |
59,049 |
60,902 |
-0.1 |
3.1 |
Annual |
697,987 |
760,127 |
797,303 |
8.9 |
4.9 |
Source: BTS TransBorder Freight Data, http://www.bts.gov/transborder/
Note: Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.
Table 2. U.S. Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico by Mode of Transportation
(millions of dollars)
Excel | CSV
All Surface Modes |
Imports |
33,910 |
39,660 |
34,497 |
-13.0 |
1.7 |
Exports |
25,139 |
30,693 |
26,405 |
-14.0 |
5.0 |
Total |
59,049 |
70,352 |
60,902 |
-13.4 |
3.1 |
Truck |
Imports |
21,009 |
25,293 |
20,892 |
-17.4 |
-0.6 |
Exports |
19,360 |
23,734 |
19,775 |
-16.7 |
2.1 |
Rail |
Imports |
7,680 |
8,210 |
7,137 |
-13.1 |
-7.1 |
Exports |
3,385 |
4,278 |
3,836 |
-10.3 |
13.3 |
Pipeline |
Imports |
3,988 |
4,684 |
5,116 |
9.2 |
28.3 |
Exports |
327 |
259 |
466 |
80.1 |
42.6 |
Source: BTS TransBorder Freight Data, http://www.bts.gov/transborder/
Note: Numbers may not add to totals due to
rounding. The value of trade for all
surface modes is not equal to the sum of truck, rail and pipeline modes,
it also includes shipments made by mail, foreign trade zones, other and
unknown modes of transportation. For additional detail refer to the
“Data Fields” Section of the TransBorder web page: http://www.bts.gov/transborder/TBDR_DataFields.html.
Table 3. December 2007 Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Compared with December of Prior Years
Excel | CSV
2006 |
1.7 |
5.0 |
3.1 |
2005 |
-0.1 |
7.4 |
3.0 |
2004 |
16.3 |
17.9 |
17.0 |
2003 |
33.0 |
35.5 |
34.1 |
2002 |
46.2 |
53.6 |
49.3 |
2001 |
58.3 |
60.5 |
59.2 |
2000 |
34.6 |
37.9 |
36.1 |
1999 |
47.6 |
36.0 |
42.3 |
1998 |
69.3 |
57.2 |
63.8 |
1997 |
82.0 |
63.6 |
73.5 |
Source: BTS TransBorder
Freight Data, http://www.bts.gov/transborder/
Table 4. U.S. Surface Trade with Canada by Mode of Transportation
(millions of dollars)
Excel | CSV
All Surface Modes |
Imports |
21,748 |
24,798 |
21,903 |
-11.7 |
0.7 |
Exports |
16,439 |
20,405 |
17,707 |
-13.2 |
7.7 |
Total |
38,187 |
45,204 |
39,610 |
-12.4 |
3.7 |
Truck |
Imports |
11,465 |
13,090 |
10,694 |
-18.3 |
-6.7 |
Exports |
12,672 |
15,939 |
13,312 |
-16.5 |
5.0 |
Rail |
Imports |
5,314 |
5,898 |
5,060 |
-14.2 |
-4.8 |
Exports |
1,924 |
2,341 |
2,296 |
-1.9 |
19.4 |
Pipeline |
Imports |
3,978 |
4,668 |
5,099 |
9.2 |
28.2 |
Exports |
259 |
179 |
277 |
54.7 |
7.3 |
Source: BTS TransBorder
Freight Data, http://www.bts.gov/transborder/
Note: Numbers may not add
to totals due to rounding. The value
of trade for all surface modes is not equal to the sum of truck, rail
and pipeline modes, it also includes shipments made by mail, foreign trade
zones, other and unknown modes of transportation. For additional detail
refer to the “Data Fields” Section of the TransBorder web page: http://www.bts.gov/transborder/TBDR_DataFields.html.
Table 5. Top 10 States Trading with Canada by Surface Modes of Transportation
Ranked
by December 2007 Surface Trade Value
(millions of dollars)
Excel | CSV
1 |
Michigan |
5,664 |
2 |
Illinois |
3,398 |
3 |
Ohio |
2,520 |
4 |
New
York |
2,437 |
5 |
California |
2,341 |
6 |
Texas |
2,035 |
7 |
Washington |
1,678 |
8 |
Pennsylvania |
1,594 |
9 |
Minnesota |
1,372 |
10 |
Indiana |
1,121 |
Source: BTS TransBorder
Freight Data, http://www.bts.gov/transborder/
Table 6. U.S. Surface Trade with Mexico by Mode of Transportation
(millions of dollars)
Excel | CSV
All Surface Modes |
Imports |
12,162 |
14,861 |
12,593 |
-15.3 |
3.5 |
Exports |
8,700 |
10,287 |
8,698 |
-15.4 |
-0.0 |
Total |
20,862 |
25,149 |
21,292 |
-15.3 |
2.1 |
Truck |
Imports |
9,544 |
12,203 |
10,198 |
-16.4 |
6.9 |
Exports |
6,687 |
7,795 |
6,463 |
-17.1 |
-3.3 |
Rail |
Imports |
2,366 |
2,312 |
2,077 |
-10.2 |
-12.2 |
Exports |
1,461 |
1,937 |
1,540 |
-20.5 |
5.4 |
Pipeline |
Imports |
10 |
16 |
17 |
7.1 |
78.7 |
Exports |
68 |
80 |
189 |
137.4 |
176.2 |
Source: BTS TransBorder Freight Data, http://www.bts.gov/transborder/
Note: Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding. The value of trade for all surface
modes is not equal to the sum of truck, rail and pipeline modes, it also
includes shipments made by mail, foreign trade zones, other and unknown modes
of transportation. For additional detail refer to the “Data Fields”
Section of the TransBorder web page: http://www.bts.gov/transborder/TBDR_DataFields.html
Table 7. Top 10
States Trading with Mexico by Surface Modes of Transportation
Ranked by December 2007 Surface Trade Value
(millions of dollars)
Excel | CSV
1 |
Texas |
6,503 |
2 |
California |
3,756 |
3 |
Michigan |
2,188 |
4 |
Illinois |
770 |
5 |
Arizona |
770 |
6 |
Ohio |
553 |
7 |
Tennessee |
519 |
8 |
North Carolina |
447 |
9 |
Pennsylvania |
376 |
10 |
New York |
327 |
Source: BTS TransBorder Freight Data, http://www.bts.gov/transborder/
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