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August 2008 Surface
Trade with
Canada and Mexico Rose 4.5 Percent
from August
2007
(State Rankings in Tables 5 and 7)
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Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 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 August
2008 than in August 2007, reaching $72.3 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 rose
0.9 percent in August from July (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 88 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 August
was up 60.5 percent compared to August 2003, and up 101.9 percent compared to August
1998, a period of 10 years (Table 3). Imports
in August were up 107.5 percent compared to August 1998, while exports were up 95.2
percent.
U.S. Surface Transportation Trade with Canada
U.S.–Canada surface transportation trade
totaled $46.8 billion in August, up 8.6 percent compared to August 2007 (Table 4). The value of imports carried by truck was 6.1
percent lower in August 2008 than August 2007, while the value of exports carried
by truck was 1.0 percent higher.
Michigan
led all states in surface trade with Canada in August with $5.8 billion (Table 5).
U.S. Surface Transportation Trade with Mexico
U.S.–Mexico surface transportation
trade totaled $25.5 billion in August, down 2.4 percent compared to August 2007
(Table 6). The value of imports carried
by truck was 8.2 percent lower in August 2008 than August 2007 while the value
of exports carried by truck was 4.5 percent higher.
Texas
led all states in surface trade with Mexico in August with $8.3 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. August
TransBorder numbers include data received by BTS as of Oct. 15.
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 September TransBorder
numbers on Dec. 1.
Table 1. Value of Monthly U.S. Surface Transportation Trade with Canada and Mexico
(millions of dollars)
Excel | CSV
January |
61,189 |
60,649 |
65,160 |
-0.9 |
7.4 |
February |
59,804 |
59,667 |
69,406 |
-0.2 |
16.3 |
March |
68,213 |
69,768 |
70,787 |
2.3 |
1.5 |
April |
61,742 |
65,015 |
74,317 |
5.3 |
14.3 |
May |
65,994 |
69,423 |
74,128 |
5.2 |
6.8 |
June |
66,898 |
69,526 |
74,139 |
3.9 |
6.6 |
July |
55,939 |
61,823 |
71,628 |
10.5 |
15.9 |
August |
66,354 |
69,158 |
72,254 |
4.2 |
4.5 |
September |
63,295 |
66,771 |
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5.5 |
|
October |
66,846 |
74,249 |
|
11.1 |
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November |
64,805 |
70,352 |
|
8.6 |
|
December |
59,049 |
60,902 |
|
3.1 |
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Year-to-date(8
months) |
506,132 |
525,028 |
571,819 |
3.7 |
8.9 |
Annual |
760,127 |
797,303 |
|
4.9 |
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Source: BTS TransBorder Freight Data, http://www.bts.gov/transborder/
Note:
Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding. Percent changes based on numbers prior 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 |
39,356 |
40,241 |
40,821 |
1.4 |
3.7 |
Exports |
29,802 |
31,387 |
31,434 |
0.2 |
5.5 |
Total |
69,158 |
71,628 |
72,254 |
0.9 |
4.5 |
Truck |
Imports |
24,681 |
23,038 |
22,919 |
-0.5 |
-7.1 |
Exports |
23,377 |
23,762 |
23,917 |
0.7 |
2.3 |
Rail |
Imports |
8,419 |
6,981 |
8,287 |
18.7 |
-1.6 |
Exports |
3,663 |
4,598 |
4,779 |
3.9 |
30.5 |
Pipeline |
Imports |
4,733 |
8,551 |
8,151 |
-4.7 |
72.2 |
Exports |
189 |
612 |
367 |
-40.0 |
93.9 |
Source: BTS TransBorder Freight Data, http://www.bts.gov/transborder/
Notes: Numbers may not add to totals due to
rounding. Percent changes based on numbers prior 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. August 2008 Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Compared with August of Prior Years
Excel | CSV
2007 |
3.7 |
5.5 |
4.5 |
2006 |
8.2 |
9.8 |
8.9 |
2005 |
18.3 |
22.4 |
20.0 |
2004 |
30.7 |
40.7 |
34.9 |
2003 |
57.3 |
64.9 |
60.5 |
2002 |
52.6 |
57.3 |
54.6 |
2001 |
52.7 |
54.0 |
53.3 |
2000 |
44.7 |
42.2 |
43.6 |
1999 |
68.0 |
67.7 |
67.9 |
1998 |
107.5 |
95.2 |
101.9 |
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 |
24,029 |
26,794 |
26,804 |
0.0 |
11.5 |
Exports |
19,049 |
20,068 |
19,986 |
-0.4 |
4.9 |
Total |
43,078 |
46,862 |
46,791 |
-0.2 |
8.6 |
Truck |
Imports |
12,255 |
11,623 |
11,510 |
-1.0 |
-6.1 |
Exports |
14,809 |
14,952 |
14,960 |
0.1 |
1.0 |
Rail |
Imports |
5,801 |
5,292 |
6,054 |
14.4 |
4.4 |
Exports |
2,019 |
2,730 |
2,856 |
4.6 |
41.4 |
Pipeline |
Imports |
4,722 |
8,527 |
8,126 |
-4.7 |
72.1 |
Exports |
139 |
477 |
291 |
-38.9 |
109.9 |
Source: BTS TransBorder
Freight Data, http://www.bts.gov/transborder/
Note: Numbers may not add
to totals due to rounding. Percent
changes based on numbers prior 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 August 2008 Surface Trade Value
(millions of dollars)
Excel | CSV
1 |
Michigan |
5,796 |
2 |
Illinois |
5,040 |
3 |
New York |
3,226 |
4 |
Ohio |
2,977 |
5 |
California |
2,838 |
6 |
Texas |
2,436 |
7 |
Pennsylvania |
1,830 |
8 |
Washington |
1,792 |
9 |
Minnesota |
1,777 |
10 |
Tennessee |
1,332 |
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 |
15,326 |
13,447 |
14,016 |
4.2 |
-8.5 |
Exports |
10,753 |
11,319 |
11,448 |
1.1 |
6.5 |
Total |
26,079 |
24,766 |
25,464 |
2.8 |
-2.4 |
Truck |
Imports |
12,426 |
11,416 |
11,410 |
-0.1 |
-8.2 |
Exports |
8,568 |
8,810 |
8,958 |
1.7 |
4.5 |
Rail |
Imports |
2,618 |
1,689 |
2,233 |
32.2 |
-14.7 |
Exports |
1,643 |
1,868 |
1,923 |
3.0 |
17.0 |
Pipeline |
Imports |
12 |
24 |
25 |
4.2 |
114.4 |
Exports |
51 |
136 |
76 |
-44.2 |
50.1 |
Source: BTS TransBorder Freight Data, http://www.bts.gov/transborder/
Note: Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding. Percent changes based on numbers prior 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 August 2008 Surface Trade Value
(millions of dollars)
Excel | CSV
1 |
Texas |
8,285 |
2 |
California |
4,248 |
3 |
Michigan |
2,547 |
4 |
Illinois |
987 |
5 |
Ohio |
790 |
6 |
Arizona |
787 |
7 |
Tennessee |
486 |
8 |
North Carolina |
482 |
9 |
Georgia |
424 |
10 |
Pennsylvania |
411 |
Source: BTS TransBorder Freight Data, http://www.bts.gov/transborder/
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