Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
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Table 5-7
U.S. Merchandise Trade with Canada and Mexico by Mode Share: 2005

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Mode Value (percent) Weight (percent)
NAFTA trade, total 100.0 100.0
Trucka 62.1 28.1
Raila 14.8 20.5
Pipelinea 6.5 12.6
Air 4.2 0.1
Water 7.4 37.7
Other and unknowna 5.0 0.8
U.S.-NAFTA imports, total 100.0 100.0
Truck 55.9 21.8
Rail 17.8 20.0
Pipeline 10.6 17.3
Air 2.7 0.0
Water 9.8 40.4
Other and unknown 3.2 0.0
U.S.-NAFTA exports, total 100.0 100.0
Trucka 70.8 42.1
Raila 10.6 22.5
Pipelinea 0.9 2.3
Air 6.2 0.1
Water 4.1 30.5
Other and unknowna 7.4 2.4

a BTS estimated the export weight for truck, rail, pipeline, and other and unknown based on value-to-weight ratios from the import data, because export weights for surface modes are not currently reported. Weight for water and air exports and imports are from the U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau.

Notes: Value based on millions of U.S. dollars; weight based on millions of short tons. Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.

U.S. NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) refers to U.S. trade with Canada and Mexico, our partners in this agreement.

Source: Value-U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Transborder Freight Data, available at http://www.bts.gov/itt/, as of September 2006. Weight-USDOT, RITA, BTS, North American Freight Transportation Statistics (Washington, DC: 2006).