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September Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Rose 5.5 Percent from September 2006
(State Rankings in Tables 5 and 7)
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Thursday, November
29, 2007 - Trade using
surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA) partners Canada and Mexico was 5.5 percent higher in September 2007 than
in September 2006, 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
the value of U.S. surface transportation trade with Canada and Mexico fell
3.5 percent in September from August (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 September
was up 45.8 percent compared to September 2002, and up 78.4 percent compared to
September 1997, a period of 10 years (Table 3). Imports in September were up 88.8 percent compared to September 1997,
while exports were up 66.6 percent.
U.S. Surface Transportation Trade with Canada
U.S.-Canada surface transportation trade
totaled $42.7 billion in September, up 5.6 percent compared to September 2006 (Table 4). The value of imports carried by
truck was 0.5 percent lower in September 2007 than September 2006, while the
value of exports carried by truck was 8.5 percent higher.
Michigan
led all states in surface trade with Canada in September with $6.6 billion (Table 5).
U.S. Surface Transportation Trade with Mexico
U.S. - Mexico surface
transportation trade totaled $24.1 billion in September, up 5.4 percent compared
to September 2006 (Table 6). The value
of imports carried by truck was 5.6 percent higher in September 2007 than September
2006 while the value of exports carried by truck was 0.8 percent lower.
Texas
led all states in surface trade with Mexico in September with $7.5 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. September
TransBorder numbers include data received by BTS as of Nov. 9.
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 October TransBorder numbers on
Jan. 7, 2008.
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 |
69,526 |
12.6 |
3.9 |
July |
49,690 |
55,939 |
61,823 |
12.6 |
10.5 |
August |
60,188 |
66,354 |
69,158 |
10.2 |
4.2 |
September |
61,166 |
63,295 |
66,771 |
3.5 |
5.5 |
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 |
512,004 |
569,427 |
591,799 |
11.2 |
3.9 |
Annual |
697,987 |
760,127 |
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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 |
36,232 |
39,356 |
37,574 |
-4.5 |
3.7 |
Exports |
27,063 |
29,802 |
29,197 |
-2.0 |
7.9 |
Total |
63,295 |
69,158 |
66,771 |
-3.5 |
5.5 |
Truck |
Imports |
23,439 |
24,681 |
23,977 |
-2.9 |
2.3 |
Exports |
21,410 |
23,377 |
22,524 |
-3.6 |
5.2 |
Rail |
Imports |
7,131 |
8,419 |
8,299 |
-1.4 |
16.4 |
Exports |
3,297 |
3,663 |
3,990 |
8.9 |
21.0 |
Pipeline |
Imports |
4,192 |
4,733 |
4,125 |
-12.9 |
-1.6 |
Exports |
195 |
189 |
391 |
106.7 |
100.2 |
Source: BTS TransBorder Freight Data, http://www.bts.gov/transborder/
Note: Numbers may not add to totals due 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. September 2007 Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Compared with September of Prior Years
Excel | CSV
2006 |
3.7 |
7.9 |
5.5 |
2005 |
5.9 |
13.7 |
9.2 |
2004 |
19.4 |
24.5 |
21.6 |
2003 |
33.7 |
40.6 |
36.6 |
2002 |
43.5 |
49.0 |
45.8 |
2001 |
53.5 |
62.2 |
57.2 |
2000 |
34.2 |
37.9 |
35.8 |
1999 |
55.0 |
52.6 |
54.0 |
1998 |
74.9 |
64.0 |
70.0 |
1997 |
88.8 |
66.6 |
78.4 |
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 |
22,916 |
24,029 |
23,300 |
-3.0 |
1.7 |
Exports |
17,488 |
19,049 |
19,354 |
1.6 |
10.7 |
Total |
40,404 |
43,078 |
42,654 |
-1.0 |
5.6 |
Truck |
Imports |
12,674 |
12,255 |
12,610 |
2.9 |
-0.5 |
Exports |
13,789 |
14,809 |
14,961 |
1.0 |
8.5 |
Rail |
Imports |
4,832 |
5,801 |
5,702 |
-1.7 |
18.0 |
Exports |
1,885 |
2,019 |
2,278 |
12.8 |
20.9 |
Pipeline |
Imports |
4,180 |
4,722 |
4,113 |
-12.9 |
-1.6 |
Exports |
140 |
139 |
325 |
134.0 |
132.6 |
Source: BTS TransBorder
Freight Data, http://www.bts.gov/transborder/
Note: Numbers may not add
to totals due 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 September 2007 Surface Trade Value
(millions of dollars)
Excel | CSV
1 |
Michigan |
6,620 |
2 |
Illinois |
3,274 |
3 |
New
York |
2,973 |
4 |
Ohio |
2,728 |
5 |
California |
2,642 |
6 |
Texas |
2,178 |
7 |
Pennsylvania |
1,547 |
8 |
Indiana |
1,460 |
9 |
Washington |
1,447 |
10 |
Tennessee |
1,308 |
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 |
13,316 |
15,326 |
14,274 |
-6.9 |
7.2 |
Exports |
9,574 |
10,753 |
9,843 |
-8.5 |
2.8 |
Total |
22,890 |
26,079 |
24,118 |
-7.5 |
5.4 |
Truck |
Imports |
10,765 |
12,426 |
11,367 |
-8.5 |
5.6 |
Exports |
7,621 |
8,568 |
7,563 |
-11.7 |
-0.8 |
Rail |
Imports |
2,299 |
2,618 |
2,597 |
-0.8 |
13.0 |
Exports |
1,412 |
1,643 |
1,712 |
4.1 |
21.2 |
Pipeline |
Imports |
12 |
12 |
12 |
-0.1 |
-4.4 |
Exports |
56 |
51 |
67 |
31.7 |
19.2 |
Source: BTS TransBorder Freight Data, http://www.bts.gov/transborder/
Note: Numbers may not add to totals due 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 September 2007 Surface Trade
Value
(millions of dollars)
Excel | CSV
1 |
Texas |
7,451 |
2 |
California |
4,071 |
3 |
Michigan |
2,922 |
4 |
Illinois |
808 |
5 |
Arizona |
656 |
6 |
Ohio |
585 |
7 |
Tennessee |
516 |
8 |
North Carolina |
482 |
9 |
Pennsylvania |
437 |
10 |
New York |
409 |
Source: BTS TransBorder Freight Data, http://www.bts.gov/transborder/
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