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July Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Rose 3.3 Percent from July 2004
Tuesday, October 11, 2005 - Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners Canada and Mexico rose 3.3 percent in July 2005 from July 2004 to a total of $49.7 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 total 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. Trucks carried 64 percent of imports and 79 percent of exports by value. 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 20.0 percent compared to July 2002, and up 94.7 percent compared to July 1995, a period of 10 years (Table 3). Imports in July were up 107.4 percent compared to July 1995, while exports were up 79.6 percent. U.S. Surface Transportation Trade with CanadaU.S. - Canada surface transportation trade totaled $31.8 billion in July, up 4.8 percent compared to July 2004 (Table 4). Trucks carried 53 percent of imports and 79 percent of exports by value. The value of imports carried by truck rose 0.6 percent in July 2005 from July 2004 while the value of exports rose 7.7 percent. Michigan led all states in surface trade with Canada in July with $3.6 billion (Table 5). U.S. Surface Transportation Trade with MexicoU.S. - Mexico surface transportation trade totaled $17.9 billion in July, up 0.8 percent compared to July 2004 (Table 6). Trucks carried 85 percent of imports and 80 percent of exports by value. The value of imports carried by truck rose 1.9 percent in July 2005 from July 2004 while the value of exports fell 1.3 percent. Texas led all states in surface trade with Mexico in July with $5.6 billion (Table 7). The Transborder Surface Freight Dataset is 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 Sept. 16, 2005. 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/programs/international/transborder/. BTS will release August transborder numbers on Oct. 27. Table 1: Value of Monthly U.S. Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico(millions of dollars)
Source: BTS Transborder Surface Freight Dataset, http://www.bts.gov/programs/international/transborder/ Table 2: U.S. Merchandise Trade with Canada and Mexico by Surface Modes of Transportation(millions of dollars)
Source: BTS Transborder Surface Freight Dataset, http://www.bts.gov/programs/international/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 Surface Freight data "Sources and Reliability" statement: http://www.bts.gov/programs/international/transborder/srfin.html Table 3: July 2005 Surface Trade Compared with July of Prior Years
Source: BTS Transborder Surface Freight Dataset, http://www.bts.gov/programs/international/transborder/ Table 4: U.S. Merchandise Trade with Canada by Surface Modes of Transportation(millions of dollars)
Source: BTS Transborder Surface Freight Dataset, http://www.bts.gov/programs/international/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 Surface Freight data "Sources and Reliability" statement: http://www.bts.gov/programs/international/transborder/srfin.html Table 5: Top 10 States Trading with Canada by Surface Modes of Transportation, Ranked by July 2005 Surface Trade Value(millions of dollars)
Source: BTS Transborder Surface Freight Dataset, http://www.bts.gov/programs/international/transborder/ Table 6: U.S. Merchandise Trade with Mexico by Surface Modes of Transportation(millions of dollars)
Source: BTS Transborder Surface Freight Dataset, http://www.bts.gov/programs/international/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 Surface Freight data "Sources and Reliability" statement: http://www.bts.gov/programs/international/transborder/srfin.html Table 7: Top 10 States Trading with Mexico by Surface Modes of Transportation, Ranked by July 2005 Surface Trade Value(millions of dollars)
Source: BTS Transborder Surface Freight Dataset, http://www.bts.gov/programs/international/transborder/ |
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