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May Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Rose 5.2 Percent from May 2006
(State Rankings in Tables 5 and 7)
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Dave Smallen
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Tuesday,
July 31, 2007 - Trade
using surface transportation between the
United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA) partners Canada and Mexico was 5.2 percent higher in May 2007 than in May
2006, reaching $69.4 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
the value of U.S. surface transportation trade with Canada and Mexico rose
6.8 percent in May from April (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 May
was up 43.1 percent compared to May 2002, and up 94.5 percent compared to May
1997, a period of 10 years (Table 3). Imports in May were up 100.6 percent compared
to May 1997, while exports were up 87.2 percent.
U.S. Surface Transportation Trade with Canada
U.S.-Canada surface transportation trade
totaled $44.3 billion in May, up 3.2 percent compared to May 2006 (Table 4). The value of imports carried by truck was 2.2
percent lower in May 2007 than May 2006, while the value of exports carried by
truck was 2.6 percent higher.
Michigan
led all states in surface trade with Canada in May with $6.9 billion (Table 5).
U.S. Surface Transportation Trade with Mexico
U.S. - Mexico surface
transportation trade totaled $25.1 billion in May, up 8.9 percent compared to May
2006 (Table 6). The value of imports carried by truck was 10.5
percent higher in May 2007 than May 2006 while the value of exports carried by
truck was 2.9 percent higher.
Texas
led all states in surface trade with Mexico in May with $7.8 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. May
TransBorder numbers include data received by BTS as of July 12.
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 June TransBorder numbers on Aug.
30.
Table 1. Value of Monthly U.S. Surface 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 |
|
12.6 |
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July |
49,690 |
55,939 |
|
12.6 |
|
August |
60,188 |
66,354 |
|
10.2 |
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September |
61,166 |
63,295 |
|
3.5 |
|
October |
63,985 |
66,846 |
|
4.5 |
|
November |
62,894 |
64,805 |
|
3.0 |
|
December |
59,104 |
59,049 |
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-0.1 |
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Year-to-date |
281,529 |
316,942 |
324,522 |
12.6 |
2.4 |
Annual |
697,987 |
760,127 |
|
8.9 |
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Source: BTS TransBorder Freight Data, http://www.bts.gov/transborder/
Note: Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.
Table 2. U.S. Merchandise Trade with Canada and Mexico by Surface Modes of Transportation
(millions of dollars)
Excel | CSV
All Surface Modes |
Imports |
37,257 |
36,912 |
38,917 |
5.4 |
4.5 |
Exports |
28,737 |
28,103 |
30,507 |
8.6 |
6.2 |
Total |
65,994 |
65,015 |
69,423 |
6.8 |
5.2 |
Truck |
Imports |
24,377 |
23,492 |
25,207 |
7.3 |
3.4 |
Exports |
22,861 |
21,790 |
23,483 |
7.8 |
2.7 |
Rail |
Imports |
7,440 |
7,551 |
7,866 |
4.2 |
5.7 |
Exports |
3,599 |
3,775 |
4,118 |
9.1 |
14.4 |
Pipeline |
Imports |
4,367 |
4,418 |
4,400 |
-0.4 |
0.8 |
Exports |
260 |
410 |
499 |
21.8 |
91.8 |
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/programs/international/transborder/tbdr;
Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.
Table 3. May 2007 Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Compared with May of Prior Years
Excel | CSV
2006 |
4.5 |
6.2 |
5.2 |
2005 |
19.7 |
20.3 |
20.0 |
2004 |
28.9 |
32.9 |
30.6 |
2003 |
40.3 |
44.7 |
42.2 |
2002 |
41.2 |
45.6 |
43.1 |
2001 |
37.1 |
43.8 |
39.9 |
2000 |
41.8 |
41.2 |
41.5 |
1999 |
70.4 |
65.9 |
68.4 |
1998 |
89.6 |
72.3 |
81.6 |
1997 |
100.6 |
87.2 |
94.5 |
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)
Excel | CSV
All Surface Modes |
Imports |
24,201 |
23,776 |
24,344 |
2.4 |
0.6 |
Exports |
18,712 |
18,546 |
19,941 |
7.5 |
6.6 |
Total |
42,914 |
42,322 |
44,285 |
4.6 |
3.2 |
Truck |
Imports |
13,590 |
12,761 |
13,290 |
4.1 |
-2.2 |
Exports |
14,746 |
14,307 |
15,135 |
5.8 |
2.6 |
Rail |
Imports |
5,383 |
5,436 |
5,542 |
1.9 |
2.9 |
Exports |
2,136 |
2,188 |
2,365 |
8.1 |
10.7 |
Pipeline |
Imports |
4,367 |
4,408 |
4,386 |
-0.5 |
0.5 |
Exports |
193 |
361 |
455 |
25.9 |
135.2 |
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/programs/international/transborder/tbdr;
Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.
Table 5. Top 10 States Trading with Canada by Surface Modes of Transportation
Ranked
by May 2007 Surface Trade Value
(millions of dollars)
Excel | CSV
1 |
Michigan |
6,935 |
2 |
Illinois |
3,015 |
3 |
New
York |
2,892 |
4 |
Ohio |
2,758 |
5 |
California |
2,717 |
6 |
Texas |
2,201 |
7 |
Washington |
1,902 |
8 |
Pennsylvania |
1,633 |
9 |
Indiana |
1,631 |
10 |
Minnesota |
1,335 |
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)
Excel | CSV
All Surface Modes |
Imports |
13,056 |
13,136 |
14,572 |
10.9 |
11.6 |
Exports |
10,024 |
9,557 |
10,566 |
10.6 |
5.4 |
Total |
23,080 |
22,693 |
25,138 |
10.8 |
8.9 |
Truck |
Imports |
10,788 |
10,730 |
11,917 |
11.1 |
10.5 |
Exports |
8,115 |
7,482 |
8,348 |
11.6 |
2.9 |
Rail |
Imports |
2,056 |
2,115 |
2,325 |
9.9 |
13.0 |
Exports |
1,464 |
1,587 |
1,753 |
10.5 |
19.8 |
Pipeline |
Imports |
0 |
10 |
13 |
34.0 |
NA |
Exports |
67 |
49 |
44 |
-8.7 |
-33.7 |
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/programs/international/transborder/tbdr;
Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding. NA - not applicable
Table 7. Top 10
States Trading with Mexico by Surface Modes of Transportation
Ranked by May 2007 Surface Trade Value
(millions of dollars)
Excel | CSV
1 |
Texas |
7,846 |
2 |
California |
4,029 |
3 |
Michigan |
2,732 |
4 |
Arizona |
972 |
5 |
Illinois |
890 |
6 |
Ohio |
597 |
7 |
Tennessee |
573 |
8 |
Indiana |
531 |
9 |
Wisconsin |
486 |
10 |
Pennsylvania |
481 |
Source: BTS TransBorder Freight Data, http://www.bts.gov/transborder/
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