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Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Reached a Monthly Record High in October 2007
(State Rankings in Tables 5 and 7)
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Monday, January 7, 2008 - Trade using
surface transportation between the
United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners Canada and Mexico was
11.1 percent higher in October 2007 than in October 2006, reaching $74.2
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 October topped the previous monthly high
of $69.8 billion in March 2007 by 6.4 percent.
The value of U.S. surface transportation trade with Canada and Mexico rose
11.2 percent in October from September (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 October
was up 49.6 percent compared to October 2002, and up 87.1 percent compared to October
1997, a period of 10 years (Table 3). Imports
in October were up 100.7 percent compared to October 1997, while exports were
up 72.0 percent.
U.S. Surface Transportation Trade with Canada
U.S.–Canada surface transportation trade
totaled $47.7 billion in October, up 14.1 percent compared to October 2006 (Table
4). The value of imports carried by
truck was 6.1 percent higher in October 2007 than October 2006, while the value
of exports carried by truck was 17.8 percent higher.
Michigan
led all states in surface trade with Canada in October with $7.6 billion (Table 5).
U.S. Surface Transportation Trade with Mexico
U.S.–Mexico surface transportation
trade totaled $26.6 billion in October, up 6.0 percent compared to October 2006
(Table 6). The value of imports carried
by truck was 10.6 percent higher in October 2007 than October 2006 while the
value of exports carried by truck was 3.1 percent higher.
Texas
led all states in surface trade with Mexico in October with $8.2 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. October
TransBorder numbers include data received by BTS as of Dec. 13.
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 November TransBorder numbers
on Jan. 31.
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 |
74,249 |
4.5 |
11.1 |
November |
62,894 |
64,805 |
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3.0 |
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December |
59,104 |
59,049 |
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-0.1 |
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Year-to-date |
575,989 |
636,273 |
666,049 |
10.5 |
4.7 |
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 |
37,943 |
37,574 |
41,974 |
11.7% |
10.6% |
Exports |
28,902 |
29,197 |
32,275 |
10.5% |
11.7% |
Total |
66,846 |
66,771 |
74,249 |
11.2% |
11.1% |
Truck |
Imports |
25,010 |
23,977 |
27,065 |
12.9% |
8.2% |
Exports |
22,530 |
22,524 |
25,310 |
12.4% |
12.3% |
Rail |
Imports |
7,328 |
8,299 |
8,199 |
-1.2% |
11.9% |
Exports |
3,550 |
3,990 |
4,169 |
4.5% |
17.4% |
Pipeline |
Imports |
4,392 |
4,125 |
5,130 |
24.4% |
16.8% |
Exports |
257 |
391 |
151 |
-61.3% |
-41.1% |
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. October 2007 Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Compared with October of Prior Years
Excel | CSV
2006 |
10.6 |
11.7 |
11.1 |
2005 |
12.8 |
20.5 |
16.0 |
2004 |
28.8 |
32.9 |
30.5 |
2003 |
40.6 |
43.4 |
41.8 |
2002 |
48.9 |
50.4 |
49.6 |
2001 |
56.7 |
54.8 |
55.8 |
2000 |
43.3 |
44.0 |
43.6 |
1999 |
67.3 |
57.5 |
62.9 |
1998 |
84.1 |
72.1 |
78.7 |
1997 |
100.7 |
72.0 |
87.1 |
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 |
23,685 |
23,300 |
26,309 |
12.9% |
11.1% |
Exports |
18,100 |
19,354 |
21,375 |
10.4% |
18.1% |
Total |
41,785 |
42,654 |
47,684 |
11.8% |
14.1% |
Truck |
Imports |
13,383 |
12,610 |
14,206 |
12.7% |
6.1% |
Exports |
14,165 |
14,961 |
16,683 |
11.5% |
17.8% |
Rail |
Imports |
4,943 |
5,702 |
5,698 |
-0.1% |
15.3% |
Exports |
1,977 |
2,278 |
2,368 |
3.9% |
19.7% |
Pipeline |
Imports |
4,381 |
4,113 |
5,117 |
24.4% |
16.8% |
Exports |
199 |
325 |
108 |
-66.7% |
-45.6% |
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 October 2007 Surface Trade Value
(millions of dollars)
Excel | CSV
1 |
Michigan |
7,568 |
2 |
Illinois |
3,707 |
3 |
California |
3,195 |
4 |
New
York |
3,124 |
5 |
Ohio |
3,116 |
6 |
Texas |
2,260 |
7 |
Washington |
1,851 |
8 |
Pennsylvania |
1,754 |
9 |
Indiana |
1,651 |
10 |
Tennessee |
1,385 |
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 |
14,258 |
14,274 |
15,665 |
9.7 |
9.9 |
Exports |
10,802 |
9,843 |
10,901 |
10.7 |
0.9 |
Total |
25,061 |
24,118 |
26,565 |
10.1 |
6.0 |
Truck |
Imports |
11,626 |
11,367 |
12,859 |
13.1 |
10.6 |
Exports |
8,364 |
7,563 |
8,626 |
14.1 |
3.1 |
Rail |
Imports |
2,385 |
2,597 |
2,501 |
-3.7 |
4.9 |
Exports |
1,573 |
1,712 |
1,802 |
5.3 |
14.6 |
Pipeline |
Imports |
12 |
12 |
13 |
9.1 |
5.5 |
Exports |
58 |
67 |
43 |
-35.0 |
-25.8 |
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 October 2007 Surface Trade Value
(millions of dollars)
Excel | CSV
1 |
Texas |
8,241 |
2 |
California |
4,850 |
3 |
Michigan |
2,830 |
4 |
Illinois |
928 |
5 |
Arizona |
838 |
6 |
Ohio |
663 |
7 |
Tennessee |
586 |
8 |
Pennsylvania |
486 |
9 |
North Carolina |
484 |
10 |
New York |
454 |
Source: BTS TransBorder Freight Data, http://www.bts.gov/transborder/
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