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Surface
Trade with Canada and Mexico Rose 1.5 Percent
from March 2007
(State Rankings in Tables 5 and 7)
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Dave Smallen
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Thursday, May 29, 2008 - Trade using
surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners, Canada and Mexico , was
1.5 percent higher in March 2008 than in March 2007, reaching $70.8 billion, according
to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the U.S. Department of
Transportation (Table 1).
The value of U.S. surface transportation trade with Canada and Mexico rose
2.0 percent in March from February (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 March
was up 43.4 percent compared to March 2003, and up 73.5 percent compared to March
1998, a period of 10 years (Table 3). Imports
in March were up 85.9 percent compared to March 1998, while exports were up 59.6
percent.
Data
for exports to Canada by pipeline in March 2008 were unavailable at the time of this release. These exports amounted to $222 million in March
2007 and $273 million in February 2008, less than 1 percent of U.S.-Canada
trade in those months (Table 4).
U.S. Surface Transportation Trade with Canada
U.S.–Canada surface transportation trade excluding U.S. pipeline
exports to Canada totaled $47.2 billion in March (Table 4). The value of imports carried by truck was 7.3 percent lower in March
2008 than March 2007, while the value of exports carried by truck was 2.2 percent
higher.
Michigan
led all states in surface trade with Canada in March with $6.3 billion (Table 5).
U.S. Surface Transportation Trade with Mexico
U.S.–Mexico surface transportation
trade totaled $23.6 billion in March, down 4.6 percent compared to March 2007 (Table
6). The value of imports carried by
truck was 8.8 percent lower in March 2008 than March 2007 while the value of exports
carried by truck was 2.3 percent lower.
Texas
led all states in surface trade with Mexico in March with $7.2 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. March
TransBorder numbers include data received by BTS as of May 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 April TransBorder numbers on
June 30.
Table 1. Value of Monthly U.S. Surface Transportation Trade with Canada and Mexico
(millions of dollars)
Excel | CSV
January |
61,189 |
60,649 |
65,160 |
-0.9 |
7.4 |
February |
59,804 |
59,667 |
69,406 |
-0.2 |
16.3 |
March |
68,213 |
69,768 |
70,787 |
2.3 |
1.5 |
April |
61,742 |
65,015 |
|
5.3 |
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May |
65,994 |
69,423 |
|
5.2 |
|
June |
66,898 |
69,526 |
|
3.9 |
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July |
55,939 |
61,823 |
|
10.5 |
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August |
66,354 |
69,158 |
|
4.2 |
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September |
63,295 |
66,771 |
|
5.5 |
|
October |
66,846 |
74,249 |
|
11.1 |
|
November |
64,805 |
70,352 |
|
8.6 |
|
December |
59,049 |
60,902 |
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3.1 |
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3-month total |
189,205 |
190,083 |
205,353 |
0.5 |
8.0 |
Annual |
760,127 |
797,303 |
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4.9 |
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Source: BTS TransBorder Freight Data, http://www.bts.gov/transborder/
Note:
Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding. Percent changes based on numbers prior to rounding. Canada pipeline export data are currently not available for
March 2008.
Table 2. U.S. Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico by Mode of Transportation
(millions of dollars)
Excel | CSV
All Surface Modes |
Imports |
39,912 |
39,533 |
40,089 |
1.4 |
0.4 |
Exports |
29,856 |
29,874 |
30,698 |
2.8 |
2.8 |
Total |
69,768 |
69,406 |
70,787 |
2.0 |
1.5 |
Truck |
Imports |
25,910 |
24,013 |
23,835 |
-0.7 |
-8.0 |
Exports |
23,191 |
22,522 |
23,353 |
3.7 |
0.7 |
Rail |
Imports |
8,465 |
7,524 |
8,065 |
7.2 |
-4.7 |
Exports |
4,018 |
4,257 |
4,281 |
0.6 |
6.5 |
Pipeline |
Imports |
4,313 |
6,738 |
6,657 |
-1.2 |
54.4 |
Exports |
271 |
354 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Source: BTS TransBorder Freight Data, http://www.bts.gov/transborder/
Notes: Numbers may not add to totals due to
rounding. Percent changes based on numbers prior 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.
Canada pipeline export data are currently not available
for March 2008. NA = Not Available
Table 3. March 2008 Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Compared with March of Prior Years
Excel | CSV
2007 |
0.4 |
2.8 |
1.5 |
2006 |
4.3 |
3.1 |
3.8 |
2005 |
19.2 |
18.9 |
19.1 |
2004 |
25.2 |
26.6 |
25.8 |
2003 |
39.8 |
48.5 |
43.4 |
2002 |
53.0 |
58.2 |
55.2 |
2001 |
40.6 |
41.4 |
40.9 |
2000 |
39.0 |
30.5 |
35.2 |
1999 |
65.2 |
59.8 |
62.8 |
1998 |
85.9 |
59.6 |
73.5 |
Source: BTS TransBorder
Freight Data, http://www.bts.gov/transborder/
Canada pipeline export data are currently not available
for March 2008.
Table 4. U.S. Surface Trade with Canada by Mode of Transportation
(millions of dollars)
Excel | CSV
All Surface Modes |
Imports |
25,187 |
25,600 |
26,465 |
3.4 |
5.1 |
Exports |
19,865 |
19,398 |
20,750 |
7.0 |
4.5 |
Total |
45,053 |
44,998 |
47,216 |
4.9 |
4.8 |
Truck |
Imports |
13,737 |
12,536 |
12,729 |
1.5 |
-7.3 |
Exports |
15,306 |
14,636 |
15,645 |
6.9 |
2.2 |
Rail |
Imports |
6,188 |
5,364 |
5,854 |
9.1 |
-5.4 |
Exports |
2,343 |
2,438 |
2,606 |
6.9 |
11.3 |
Pipeline |
Imports |
4,282 |
6,724 |
6,642 |
-1.2 |
55.1 |
Exports |
222 |
273 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Source: BTS TransBorder
Freight Data, http://www.bts.gov/transborder/
Note: Numbers may not add
to totals due to rounding. Percent
changes based on numbers prior 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.
Canada pipeline export data are currently not available
for March 2008. NA = Not available
Table 5. Top 10 States Trading with Canada by Surface Modes of Transportation
Ranked
by March 2008 Surface Trade Value
(millions of dollars)
Excel | CSV
1 |
Michigan |
6,263 |
2 |
Illinois |
4,250 |
3 |
New
York |
3,384 |
4 |
Ohio |
2,847 |
5 |
California |
2,758 |
6 |
Texas |
2,514 |
7 |
Washington |
2,100 |
8 |
Pennsylvania |
1,875 |
9 |
Minnesota |
1,628 |
10 |
Indiana |
1,353 |
Source: BTS TransBorder
Freight Data, http://www.bts.gov/transborder/
Canada pipeline export data are currently not available
for March 2008.
Table 6. U.S. Surface Trade with Mexico by Mode of Transportation
(millions of dollars)
Excel | CSV
All Surface Modes |
Imports |
14,724 |
13,933 |
13,624 |
-2.2 |
-7.5 |
Exports |
9,991 |
10,476 |
9,948 |
-5.0 |
-0.4 |
Total |
24,715 |
24,409 |
23,571 |
-3.4 |
-4.6 |
Truck |
Imports |
12,173 |
11,477 |
11,106 |
-3.2 |
-8.8 |
Exports |
7,885 |
7,886 |
7,707 |
-2.3 |
-2.3 |
Rail |
Imports |
2,277 |
2,159 |
2,211 |
2.4 |
-2.9 |
Exports |
1,676 |
1,819 |
1,675 |
-7.9 |
0.0 |
Pipeline |
Imports |
31 |
14 |
15 |
9.5 |
-50.3 |
Exports |
49 |
81 |
85 |
3.8 |
72.1 |
Source: BTS TransBorder Freight Data, http://www.bts.gov/transborder/
Note: Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding. Percent changes based on numbers prior 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 March 2008 Surface Trade Value
(millions of dollars)
Excel | CSV
1 |
Texas |
7,223 |
2 |
California |
3,958 |
3 |
Michigan |
2,642 |
4 |
Arizona |
960 |
5 |
Illinois |
826 |
6 |
Ohio |
623 |
7 |
Tennessee |
486 |
8 |
North Carolina |
472 |
9 |
Georgia |
432 |
10 |
Pennsylvania |
395 |
Source: BTS TransBorder Freight Data, http://www.bts.gov/transborder/
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