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Table 4. U.S. Merchandise Trade with Canada and Mexico by Mode: 2000

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Mode Value (percent) Weight (percent)
NAFTA trade, total100.0 100.0
Truck  65.6  35.1
Rail  14.4  17.4
Pipeline   3.6  14.8
Air   6.9   0.2
Water   5.0  32.4
Other and unknown   4.5   0.1
U.S.-NAFTA imports, total100.0 100.0
Truck  59.3  25.7
Rail  19.4  19.8
Pipeline   6.3  20.5
Air   4.9   0.1
Water   6.4  33.9
Other and unknown   3.7   0.1
U.S.-NAFTA exports, total100.0 100.0
Truck  73.6  55.7
Rail   8.1  12.3
Pipeline   0.2   2.3
Air   9.3   0.4
Water   3.2  29.2
Other and unknown   5.5   0.2

SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2001; based on: total, water and air data—U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Division, U.S.Exports of Merchandise CD and U.S. Imports of Merchandise CD, December 2000; truck, rail, pipeline, other and unknown data—U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Transborder Surface Freight Data, 2000; and special tabulations.