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Surface
Trade with Canada and
Mexico Reached a Monthly Record High in April
2008
(State Rankings in Tables 5 and 7)
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Dave Smallen
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Monday, June 30, 2008 - Trade using
surface transportation between the
United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners
Canada and
Mexico was
14.3 percent higher in April 2008 than in April 2007, reaching $74.3 billion, the
highest monthly level ever recorded, 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 North
American surface trade in April topped the previous monthly high of $74.2
billion in October 2007 by 0.1 percent.
The value of
U.S. surface transportation trade with
Canada and
Mexico rose
5.0 percent in April from March (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 April
was up 58.7 percent compared to April 2003, and up 91.8 percent compared to April
1998, a period of 10 years (Table 3). Imports
in April were up 106.0 percent compared to April 1998, while exports were up 75.8
percent.
Data for exports to
Canada by pipeline in March 2008 remained unavailable at the time of this release.
U.S. Surface Transportation Trade with Canada
U.S.–Canada surface transportation trade
totaled $48.9 billion in April, up 15.4 percent compared to April 2007 (Table 4). The value of imports carried by truck was about
1 percent higher in April 2008 than April 2007, while the value of exports carried
by truck was 13.1 percent higher.
Michigan led
all states in surface trade with
Canada in April with $6.4 billion (Table 5).
U.S. Surface Transportation Trade with Mexico
U.S.–Mexico surface transportation
trade totaled $25.5 billion in April, up 12.2 percent compared to April 2007 (Table
6). The value of imports carried by
truck was 11.8 percent higher in April 2008 than April 2007 while the value of
exports carried by truck was 10.9 percent higher.
Texas
led all states in surface trade with
Mexico in April with $8.0 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. April
TransBorder numbers include data received by BTS as of June 10.
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 May TransBorder numbers on July
31.
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 |
|
5.2 |
|
June |
66,898 |
69,526 |
|
3.9 |
|
July |
55,939 |
61,823 |
|
10.5 |
|
August |
66,354 |
69,158 |
|
4.2 |
|
September |
63,295 |
66,771 |
|
5.5 |
|
October |
66,846 |
74,249 |
|
11.1 |
|
November |
64,805 |
70,352 |
|
8.6 |
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December |
59,049 |
60,902 |
|
3.1 |
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4-month total |
250,947 |
255,098 |
279,670 |
1.7 |
9.6 |
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.
Canada pipeline export data are currently not available for
March 2008.
Table 2. U.S. Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico by Mode of Transportation
(millions of dollars)
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All Surface Modes |
Imports |
36,912 |
40,089 |
42,226 |
5.3 |
14.4 |
Exports |
28,103 |
30,698 |
32,090 |
4.5 |
14.2 |
Total |
65,015 |
70,787 |
74,317 |
5.0 |
14.3 |
Truck |
Imports |
23,492 |
23,835 |
24,859 |
4.3 |
5.8 |
Exports |
21,790 |
23,353 |
24,482 |
4.8 |
12.4 |
Rail |
Imports |
7,551 |
8,065 |
8,063 |
-0.0 |
6.8 |
Exports |
3,775 |
4,281 |
4,447 |
3.9 |
17.8 |
Pipeline |
Imports |
4,418 |
6,657 |
7,655 |
15.0 |
73.3 |
Exports |
410 |
NA |
600 |
NA |
46.4 |
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. Canada pipeline export data are currently not available
for March 2008.
Table 3. April 2008 Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Compared with April of Prior Years
Excel | CSV
2007 |
14.4 |
14.2 |
14.3 |
2006 |
20.2 |
20.6 |
20.4 |
2005 |
27.2 |
27.9 |
27.5 |
2004 |
38.9 |
40.8 |
39.7 |
2003 |
59.1 |
58.0 |
58.7 |
2002 |
57.8 |
60.2 |
58.8 |
2001 |
58.4 |
59.4 |
58.8 |
2000 |
63.1 |
53.0 |
58.6 |
1999 |
89.0 |
74.1 |
82.3 |
1998 |
106.0 |
75.8 |
91.8 |
Source: BTS TransBorder
Freight Data, http://www.bts.gov/transborder/ Canada pipeline export data are currently not available
for March 2008.
Table 4. U.S. Surface Trade with Canada by Mode of Transportation
(millions of dollars)
Excel | CSV
All Surface Modes |
Imports |
23,776 |
26,465 |
27,636 |
4.4 |
16.2 |
Exports |
18,546 |
20,750 |
21,222 |
2.3 |
14.4 |
Total |
42,322 |
47,216 |
48,859 |
3.5 |
15.4 |
Truck |
Imports |
12,761 |
12,729 |
12,858 |
1.0 |
0.8 |
Exports |
14,307 |
15,645 |
16,185 |
3.4 |
13.1 |
Rail |
Imports |
5,436 |
5,854 |
5,791 |
-1.1 |
6.5 |
Exports |
2,188 |
2,606 |
2,394 |
-8.2 |
9.4 |
Pipeline |
Imports |
4,408 |
6,642 |
7,640 |
15.0 |
73.3 |
Exports |
361 |
NA |
529 |
NA |
46.5 |
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. Canada pipeline export data are currently not available
for March 2008.
Table 5. Top 10 States Trading with Canada by Surface Modes of Transportation Ranked
by April 2008 Surface Trade Value
(millions of dollars)
Excel | CSV
1 |
Michigan |
6,401 |
2 |
Illinois |
4,630 |
3 |
New
York |
3,509 |
4 |
Ohio |
3,065 |
5 |
California |
2,740 |
6 |
Texas |
2,291 |
7 |
Washington |
2,107 |
8 |
Pennsylvania |
1,858 |
9 |
Minnesota |
1,834 |
10 |
Indiana |
1,450 |
Source: BTS TransBorder
Freight Data, http://www.bts.gov/transborder/ Canada pipeline export data are currently not available
for March 2008.
Table 6. U.S. Surface Trade with Mexico by Mode of Transportation
(millions of dollars)
Excel | CSV
All Surface Modes |
Imports |
13,136 |
13,624 |
14,590 |
7.1 |
11.1 |
Exports |
9,557 |
9,948 |
10,868 |
9.3 |
13.7 |
Total |
22,693 |
23,571 |
25,458 |
8.0 |
12.2 |
Truck |
Imports |
10,730 |
11,106 |
12,001 |
8.1 |
11.8 |
Exports |
7,482 |
7,707 |
8,298 |
7.7 |
10.9 |
Rail |
Imports |
2,115 |
2,211 |
2,272 |
2.8 |
7.4 |
Exports |
1,587 |
1,675 |
2,054 |
22.6 |
29.4 |
Pipeline |
Imports |
10 |
15 |
15 |
-1.5 |
52.1 |
Exports |
49 |
85 |
71 |
-16.2 |
45.9 |
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 7. Top 10
States Trading with Mexico by Surface Modes of Transportation Ranked by April 2008 Surface Trade Value
(millions of dollars)
Excel | CSV
1 |
Texas |
8,047 |
2 |
California |
4,142 |
3 |
Michigan |
2,705 |
4 |
Arizona |
1,001 |
5 |
Illinois |
913 |
6 |
Ohio |
684 |
7 |
Tennessee |
504 |
8 |
North Carolina |
482 |
9 |
Georgia |
447 |
10 |
Pennsylvania |
435 |
Source: BTS TransBorder Freight Data, http://www.bts.gov/transborder/
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