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August Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Rose 4.2 Percent from August 2006
(State Rankings in Tables 5 and 7)
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Wednesday,
October 31, 2007 - Trade
using surface transportation between the
United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA) partners Canada and Mexico was 4.2 percent higher in August 2007 than in August
2006, reaching $69.2 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 rose
11.9 percent in August from July (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 August
was up 48.0 percent compared to August 2002, and up 96.2 percent compared to August
1997, a period of 10 years (Table 3). Imports
in August were up 109.4 percent compared to August 1997, while exports were up 81.1
percent.
U.S. Surface Transportation Trade with Canada
U.S.-Canada surface transportation trade
totaled $43.1 billion in August, up 2.0 percent compared to August 2006 (Table 4). The value of imports carried by truck was 3.7
percent lower in August 2007 than August 2006, while the value of exports carried
by truck was 3.8 percent higher.
Michigan
led all states in surface trade with Canada in August with $6.5 billion (Table 5).
U.S. Surface Transportation Trade with Mexico
U.S. - Mexico surface
transportation trade totaled $26.1 billion in August, up 8.1 percent compared
to August 2006 (Table 6). The value of
imports carried by truck was 8.9 percent higher in August 2007 than August 2006
while the value of exports carried by truck was 2.5 percent higher.
Texas
led all states in surface trade with Mexico in August 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. August
TransBorder numbers include data received by BTS as of Oct. 11.
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 September TransBorder
numbers on Nov. 29.
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 |
|
3.5 |
|
October |
63,985 |
66,846 |
|
4.5 |
|
November |
62,894 |
64,805 |
|
3.0 |
|
December |
59,104 |
59,049 |
|
-0.1 |
|
Year-to-date |
450,838 |
506,132 |
525,028 |
12.3 |
3.7 |
Annual |
697,987 |
760,127 |
|
8.9 |
|
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 |
37,736 |
35,138 |
39,356 |
12.0 |
4.3 |
Exports |
28,618 |
26,685 |
29,802 |
11.7 |
4.1 |
Total |
66,354 |
61,823 |
69,158 |
11.9 |
4.2 |
Truck |
Imports |
24,142 |
21,979 |
24,681 |
12.3 |
2.2 |
Exports |
22,631 |
20,611 |
23,377 |
13.4 |
3.3 |
Rail |
Imports |
7,605 |
6,914 |
8,419 |
21.8 |
10.7 |
Exports |
3,514 |
3,227 |
3,663 |
13.5 |
4.2 |
Pipeline |
Imports |
4,881 |
4,753 |
4,733 |
-0.4 |
-3.0 |
Exports |
175 |
288 |
189 |
-34.2 |
8.0 |
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 includes shipments made by truck, rail, pipeline, 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. August 2007 Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Compared with August of Prior Years
Excel | CSV
2006 |
4.3 |
4.1 |
4.2 |
2005 |
14.1 |
16.0 |
14.9 |
2004 |
26.0 |
33.4 |
29.1 |
2003 |
51.6 |
56.3 |
53.6 |
2002 |
47.1 |
49.1 |
48.0 |
2001 |
47.3 |
46.0 |
46.7 |
2000 |
39.6 |
34.8 |
37.5 |
1999 |
62.0 |
59.0 |
60.7 |
1998 |
100.0 |
85.0 |
93.3 |
1997 |
109.4 |
81.1 |
96.2 |
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 |
23,924 |
22,118 |
24,029 |
8.6 |
0.4 |
Exports |
18,299 |
16,986 |
19,049 |
12.1 |
4.1 |
Total |
42,223 |
39,104 |
43,078 |
10.2 |
2.0 |
Truck |
Imports |
12,730 |
11,327 |
12,255 |
8.2 |
-3.7 |
Exports |
14,269 |
12,867 |
14,809 |
15.1 |
3.8 |
Rail |
Imports |
5,438 |
4,836 |
5,801 |
19.9 |
6.7 |
Exports |
2,041 |
1,824 |
2,019 |
10.7 |
-1.1 |
Pipeline |
Imports |
4,872 |
4,738 |
4,722 |
-0.4 |
-3.1 |
Exports |
114 |
245 |
139 |
-43.3 |
21.5 |
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 includes shipments made by truck, rail,
pipeline, 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 August 2007 Surface Trade Value
(millions of dollars)
Excel | CSV
1 |
Michigan |
6,520 |
2 |
Illinois |
3,241 |
3 |
Ohio |
2,908 |
4 |
New
York |
2,850 |
5 |
California |
2,846 |
6 |
Texas |
2,233 |
7 |
Washington |
1,744 |
8 |
Pennsylvania |
1,498 |
9 |
Minnesota |
1,390 |
10 |
Indiana |
1,360 |
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 |
13,812 |
13,020 |
15,326 |
17.7 |
11.0 |
Exports |
10,319 |
9,700 |
10,753 |
10.9 |
4.2 |
Total |
24,132 |
22,719 |
26,079 |
14.8 |
8.1 |
Truck |
Imports |
11,412 |
10,652 |
12,426 |
16.7 |
8.9 |
Exports |
8,362 |
7,744 |
8,568 |
10.6 |
2.5 |
Rail |
Imports |
2,167 |
2,077 |
2,618 |
26.0 |
20.9 |
Exports |
1,473 |
1,404 |
1,643 |
17.1 |
11.6 |
Pipeline |
Imports |
9 |
15 |
12 |
-21.9 |
28.1 |
Exports |
61 |
43 |
51 |
17.1 |
-17.2 |
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 includes shipments made by truck, rail, pipeline, 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 August 2007 Surface Trade Value
(millions of dollars)
Excel | CSV
1 |
Texas |
8,043 |
2 |
California |
4,419 |
3 |
Michigan |
3,100 |
4 |
Illinois |
918 |
5 |
Arizona |
764 |
6 |
Ohio |
585 |
7 |
Tennessee |
538 |
8 |
North Carolina |
522 |
9 |
New York |
501 |
10 |
Indiana |
501 |
Source: BTS TransBorder Freight Data, http://www.bts.gov/transborder/
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