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Freight Facts and Figures 2013

Table 2-10. Value of U.S. Exports to and Imports from Canada and Mexico by Land Transportation Mode: 2000, 2005, 2011, and 2012

In addition to trucks transporting the largest share of total trade value with Canada and Mexico, rail is the second largest mover of bidirectional freight moving across both U.S. land borders.  Pipelines also carry a large volume of imports from Canada.

Table 2-10

Table in Excel format | Historical data

Millions of current U.S. dollars

Empty cell. 2000 2005 2011 2012
Exports to Canada, total 154,847 192,907 254,450 266,120
Truck 129,825 151,222 195,126 202,542
Rail 12,947 19,322 29,569 33,068
Pipeline 162 2,394 6,211 6,071
Other1 11,913 19,933 23,488 24,382
Mail <1 37 55 57
Exports to Mexico, total 97,159 104,277 163,021 180,320
Truck 82,389 83,341 127,720 140,846
Rail 10,496 15,748 24,862 27,611
Pipeline 302 543 3,492 3,241
Other1 3,972 4,623 6,946 8,442
Mail <1 2 2 <1
Imports from Canada, total 210,270 265,402 282,582 290,096
Truck 127,816 143,696 135,528 138,948
Rail 49,699 60,606 65,118 69,914
Pipeline 23,117 48,766 70,743 67,733
Other1 9,571 12,184 7,039 6,636
Mail 4 <1 <1 <1
FTZ2 63 149 4,153 6,865
Imports from Mexico, total 113,437 135,400 204,080 223,599
Truck 88,669 112,268 167,483 182,403
Rail 21,056 20,782 32,303 36,912
Pipeline 12 <1 281 214
Other1 1,574 1,990 1,892 1,783
Mail 1 <1 <1 <1
FTZ2 2,126 360 2,120 2,287

1"Other" includes "flyaway aircraft" or aircraft moving under their own power (i.e., aircraft moving from the manufacturer to a customer and not carrying any freight), powerhouse (electricity), vessels moving under their own power, pedestrians carrying freight, and unknown.

2Foreign Trade Zones (FTZs) were added as a mode of transport for land import shipments beginning in April 1995. Although FTZs are treated as a mode of transportation in the North American Transborder Freight Data, the actual mode for a specific shipment into or out of an FTZs is unknown because U.S. Customs does not collect this information.

Note:

Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.

Source:

U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, North American Transborder Freight Data, available at http://www.bts.gov/transborder/ as of September 11, 2013.

 


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