Table 6-8a,,,
Top U.S. Merchandise Trade Commodities by Mode,,,
With Canada: 1996,,,
(Current value in millions of U.S. dollars),,,
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,1996,,1996
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  Overall exports,,  Road imports,
     Vehicles other than railway (87) ,"27,205",     Vehicles other than railway (87) ,"23,115"
"     Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and",,"     Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and",
       parts (84) ,"26,381",       parts (84) ,"12,957"
"     Electrical machinery, equipment and parts (85) ","17,840","     Electrical machinery, equipment and parts (85) ","7,936"
     Plastics (39) ,"5,044",     Special classification provisions (98) ,"5,180"
     Special classification provisions (98) ,"4,726",     Paper and paperboard (48) ,"4,762"
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  Overall imports,,  Rail exports,
     Vehicles other than railway (87) ,"41,398",     Vehicles other than railway (87) ,"6,610"
"     Mineral fuels, oils and waxes (27) ","16,815","     Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and",
"     Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and",,       parts (84) ,"1,587"
       parts (84) ,"14,050",     Plastics (39) ,"1,127"
     Wood and articles (44) ,"8,596",     Organic chemicals (29) ,902
     Paper and paperboard (48) ,"8,491","     Electrical machinery, equipment and parts (85) ",421
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  Air exports,,,
"     Electrical machinery, equipment and parts (85) ","4,618",  Rail imports,
"     Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and",,     Vehicles other than railway (87) ,"18,894"
       parts (84) ,"3,510",     Wood and articles (44) ,"3,829"
     Measuring and testing instruments (90) ,"1,326",     Paper and paperboard (48) ,"3,099"
"     Aircraft, spacecraft and parts (88) ",874,"     Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and",
     Pharmaceutical products (30) ,423,       parts (84) ,"1,760"
,,     Pulp of wood and paperboard (47) ,"1,711"
  Air imports,,,
"     Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and",,  Water exports,
       parts (84) ,"1,863","     Mineral fuels, oils and waxes (27) ",941
"     Electrical machinery, equipment and parts (85) ","1,301","     Ores, slag and ash (26) ",298
     Special classification provisions (98) ,"1,147",     Inorganic chemicals (28) ,251
"     Pearls, stones, metals and imitation jewelry (71) ",782,"     Electrical machinery, equipment and parts (85) ",90
"     Aircraft, spacecraft and parts (88) ",514,"     Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and",
,,       parts (84) ,73
  Road exports,,,
"     Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and",,  Water imports,
       parts (84) ,"22,043","     Mineral fuels, oils and waxes (27) ","2,046"
     Vehicles other than railway (87) ,"20,610",     Paper and paperboard (48) ,742
"     Electrical machinery, equipment and parts (85) ","12,564",     Organic chemicals (29) ,461
     Plastics (39) ,"3,996","     Ores, slag and ash (26) ",378
     Special classification provisions (98) ,"3,594","     Salt, sulfur, plaster and cement (25) ",276

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NOTE: Commodity description based on the two-digit Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (HS).
SOURCES
"Overall, air and water: U.S. Department of Transportation. Maritime Administration. Office of Statistical and Economic Analysis. Special"
tabulation based on U.S. Department of Commerce. U.S. Census Bureau. Foreign Trade Division. U.S. Imports and Exports of
"Merchandise, December 1996. (Washington, DC: 1998)."
"Road and rail: U.S Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Transborder Surface Freight Data. (Washington, DC: 1998)."