Table C-11,,,
U.S. Total Merchandise Trade with Canada and Mexico by Mode: 2001,,,
Total NAFTA Trade,,,
Mode,"Value
(U.S. million $)","Weight
(short tons)","Value to
weight ratio"
Truck,"395,425","180,443,036","2,191"
Rail,"92,617","97,304,192",952
Pipeline,"26,428","79,303,348",333
Air,"36,996","465,362","79,499"
Water,"29,328","213,932,666",137
Other and unknown,"32,843","1,019,752","32,207"
Total ,"613,635","572,468,357","1,072"
Trade with Canada,,,
Mode,"Value
(U.S. million $)","Weight
(short tons)","Value to
weight ratio"
Truck,"234,824","138,572,490","1,695"
Rail,"60,171","84,945,768",708
Pipeline,"26,130","76,025,236",344
Air,"24,999","327,016","76,445"
Water,"9,180","92,148,977",100
Other and unknown,"25,390","628,518","40,397"
Total ,"380,693","392,648,004",970
Trade with Mexico,,,
Mode,"Value
(U.S. million $)","Weight
(short tons)","Value to
weight ratio"
Truck,"160,600","41,870,546","3,836"
Rail,"32,446","12,358,424","2,625"
Pipeline,298,"3,278,112",91
Air,"11,997","138,347","86,717"
Water,"20,148","121,783,690",165
Other and unknown,"7,452","391,234","19,049"
Total ,"232,942","179,820,352","1,295"
"NOTES: Other includes ""flyaway aircraft"" (i.e., aircraft moving from the manufacturer to a customer and not carrying any freight), vessels moving under their own power, pedestrians carrying freight, and miscellaneous.
Shipments that neither originate nor terminate in the United States (i.e., in-transit shipments) are not included here, although they use the U.S. transportation system. These shipments are usually part of Mexico-Canada trade and simply pass through the United States. Merchandise trade data exclude export shipments valued at less than $2,500 and import shipments valued at less than $1,250. Individual modal totals may not sum to exact export or import totals due to rounding.",,,
"SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, special tabulation, May 2002; based on: total trade, air, and water—U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Division, FT920 U.S. Merchandise Trade (Washington, DC: 2001); all land modes—U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Transborder Surface Freight Data, January 2002.",,,