October Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Rose 4.5 Percent from October 2005(State Rankings in Tables 5 and 7)
Friday, December 29, 2006 - Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners Canada and Mexico was 4.5 percent higher in October 2006 than in October 2005, reaching $66.8 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 rose 5.6 percent in October from September (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 October was up 40.3 percent compared to October 2001, and up 76.9 percent compared to October 1996, a period of 10 years (Table 3). Imports in October were up 94.1 percent compared to October 1996, while exports were up 58.5 percent. U.S. Surface Transportation Trade with CanadaU.S.-Canada surface transportation trade totaled $41.8 billion in October, down 0.7 percent compared to October 2005 (Table 4). The value of imports carried by truck was 1.8 percent higher in October 2006 than October 2005, while the value of exports carried by truck was 4.9 percent higher. Michigan led all states in surface trade with Canada in October with $5.6 billion (Table 5). U.S. Surface Transportation Trade with MexicoU.S.-Mexico surface transportation trade totaled $25.1 billion in October, up 14.5 percent compared to October 2005 (Table 6). The value of imports carried by truck was 14.9 percent higher in October 2006 than October 2005 while the value of exports carried by truck was 9.8 percent higher. Texas led all states in surface trade with Mexico in October with $7.5 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. October transborder numbers include data received by BTS as of Dec. 19. 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 November transborder numbers on Jan. 31, 2007. Table 1. Value of Monthly U.S. Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico(millions of dollars)
Source: BTS Transborder Freight Data, http://www.bts.gov/transborder/ Note: Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding. Table 2. U.S. Merchandise Trade with Canada and Mexico by Surface Modes of Transportation(millions of dollars)
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. October 2006 Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Compared with October of Prior Years
Source: BTS Transborder Freight Data, http://www.bts.gov/transborder/ Table 4. U.S. Merchandise Trade with Canada by Surface Modes of Transportation(millions of dollars)
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 October 2006 Surface Trade Value(millions of dollars)
Source: BTS Transborder Freight Data, http://www.bts.gov/transborder/ Table 6. U.S. Merchandise Trade with Mexico by Surface Modes of Transportation(millions of dollars)
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 October 2006 Surface Trade Value(millions of dollars)
Source: BTS Transborder Freight Data, http://www.bts.gov/transborder/ Find this web page at:
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