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February 2008 Surface
Trade with
Canada and Mexico Rose 16.3 Percent
from February 2007
(State Rankings in Tables 5 and 7)
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Dave Smallen
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Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - Trade
using surface transportation between the
United
States and its North American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA) partners, Canada and Mexico , was
16.3 percent higher in February 2008 than in February 2007, reaching $69.4 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
6.5 percent in February from January (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 February
was up 58.3 percent compared to February 2003, and up 89.5 percent compared to February
1998, a period of 10 years (Table 3). Imports
in February were up 104.8 percent compared to February 1998, while exports were
up 72.5 percent.
U.S. Surface Transportation Trade with Canada
U.S.–Canada surface transportation trade
totaled $45.0 billion in February, up 18.1 percent compared to February 2007 (Table
4). The value of imports carried by
truck was 7.1 percent higher in February 2008 than February 2007, while the
value of exports carried by truck was 10.2 percent higher.
Michigan
led all states in surface trade with Canada in February with $6.5 billion (Table 5).
U.S. Surface Transportation Trade with Mexico
U.S.–Mexico surface transportation
trade totaled $24.4 billion in February, up 13.3 percent compared to February
2007 (Table 6). The value of imports
carried by truck was 10.0 percent higher in February 2008 than February 2007
while the value of exports carried by truck was 12.5 percent higher.
Texas
led all states in surface trade with Mexico in February with $7.6 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. February
TransBorder numbers include data received by BTS as of April 10.
The news release and summary tables
can be found at www.bts.gov. Additional information on TransBorder Freight
Data as well as data from previous months is available on the BTS website at http://www.bts.gov/transborder/. BTS will release March TransBorder numbers on
May 29.
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 |
|
2.3 |
|
April |
61,742 |
65,015 |
|
5.3 |
|
May |
65,994 |
69,423 |
|
5.2 |
|
June |
66,898 |
69,526 |
|
3.9 |
|
July |
55,939 |
61,823 |
|
10.5 |
|
August |
66,354 |
69,158 |
|
4.2 |
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September |
63,295 |
66,771 |
|
5.5 |
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October |
66,846 |
74,249 |
|
11.1 |
|
November |
64,805 |
70,352 |
|
8.6 |
|
December |
59,049 |
60,902 |
|
3.1 |
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2-month total |
120,993 |
120,316 |
134,566 |
-0.6 |
11.8 |
Annual |
760,127 |
797,303 |
|
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.
Table 2. U.S. Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico by Mode of Transportation
(millions of dollars)
Excel | CSV
All Surface Modes |
Imports |
33,978 |
36,648 |
39,533 |
7.9 |
16.3 |
Exports |
25,689 |
28,512 |
29,874 |
4.8 |
16.3 |
Total |
59,667 |
65,160 |
69,406 |
6.5 |
16.3 |
Truck |
Imports |
22,141 |
22,495 |
24,013 |
6.7 |
8.5 |
Exports |
20,290 |
21,887 |
22,522 |
2.9 |
11.0 |
Rail |
Imports |
6,696 |
6,630 |
7,524 |
13.5 |
12.4 |
Exports |
3,090 |
3,827 |
4,257 |
11.2 |
37.8 |
Pipeline |
Imports |
3,968 |
6,006 |
6,738 |
12.2 |
69.8 |
Exports |
285 |
418 |
354 |
-15.4 |
24.2 |
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 3. February 2008 Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Compared with February of Prior Years
Excel | CSV
2007 |
16.3 |
16.3 |
16.3 |
2006 |
14.2 |
18.5 |
16.1 |
2005 |
28.2 |
31.3 |
29.5 |
2004 |
42.0 |
47.0 |
44.1 |
2003 |
55.5 |
62.3 |
58.3 |
2002 |
64.8 |
68.6 |
66.4 |
2001 |
56.0 |
53.4 |
54.8 |
2000 |
55.9 |
45.4 |
51.2 |
1999 |
84.6 |
74.2 |
80.0 |
1998 |
104.8 |
72.5 |
89.5 |
Source: BTS TransBorder
Freight Data, http://www.bts.gov/transborder/
Table 4. U.S. Surface Trade with Canada by Mode of Transportation
(millions of dollars)
Excel | CSV
All Surface Modes |
Imports |
21,275 |
23,752 |
25,600 |
7.8 |
20.3 |
Exports |
16.841 |
18,290 |
19,398 |
6.1 |
15.2 |
Total |
38,116 |
42,043 |
44,998 |
7.0 |
18.1 |
Truck |
Imports |
11,709 |
11,584 |
12,536 |
8.2 |
7.1 |
Exports |
13,281 |
13,922 |
14,636 |
5.1 |
10.2 |
Rail |
Imports |
4,692 |
4,947 |
5,364 |
8.4 |
14.3 |
Exports |
1,657 |
2,069 |
2,438 |
17.8 |
47.1 |
Pipeline |
Imports |
3,960 |
5,984 |
6,724 |
12.4 |
69.8 |
Exports |
254 |
353 |
273 |
-22.8 |
7.5 |
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 5. Top 10 States Trading with Canada by Surface Modes of Transportation Ranked
by February 2008 Surface Trade Value
(millions of dollars)
Excel | CSV
1 |
Michigan |
6,469 |
2 |
Illinois |
4,086 |
3 |
New
York |
3,290 |
4 |
Ohio |
2,743 |
5 |
California |
2,522 |
6 |
Washington |
2,256 |
7 |
Texas |
2,138 |
8 |
Pennsylvania |
1,669 |
9 |
Minnesota |
1,477 |
10 |
Indiana |
1,395 |
Source: BTS TransBorder Freight Data, http://www.bts.gov/transborder/
Table 6. U.S. Surface Trade with Mexico by Mode of Transportation
(millions of dollars)
Excel | CSV
All Surface Modes |
Imports |
12,703 |
12,895 |
13,933 |
8.0 |
9.7 |
Exports |
8,848 |
10,222 |
10,476 |
2.5 |
18.4 |
Total |
21,551 |
23,117 |
24,409 |
5.6 |
13.3 |
Truck |
Imports |
10,432 |
10,911 |
11,477 |
5.2 |
10.0 |
Exports |
7,009 |
7,965 |
7,886 |
-1.0 |
12.5 |
Rail |
Imports |
2,005 |
1,683 |
2,159 |
28.3 |
7.7 |
Exports |
1,433 |
1,757 |
1,819 |
3.5 |
26.9 |
Pipeline |
Imports |
8 |
22 |
14 |
-36.2 |
87.4 |
Exports |
31 |
65 |
81 |
24.8 |
158.8 |
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 February 2008 Surface Trade Value
(millions of dollars)
Excel | CSV
1 |
Texas |
7,632 |
2 |
California |
3,899 |
3 |
Michigan |
2,661 |
4 |
Arizona |
983 |
5 |
Illinois |
831 |
6 |
Ohio |
653 |
7 |
Tennessee |
494 |
8 |
North Carolina |
490 |
9 |
Georgia |
434 |
10 |
Indiana |
400 |
Source: BTS TransBorder Freight Data, http://www.bts.gov/transborder/
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