Table 2-6M: U.S. Merchandise Trade with Canada and Mexico by Transportation Mode (Historical)

Table in Excel format

Mode	1997 Value ($ billions)	1997 Weight (millions of metric tonnes)	1998 Value ($ billions)	1998 Weight (millions of metric tonnes)	1999 Value ($ billions)	1999 Weight (millions of metric tonnes)	2000 Value ($ billions)	2000 Weight (millions of metric tonnes)	20011 Value ($ billions)	20011 Weight (millions of metric tonnes)	2002 Value ($ billions)	2002 Weight (millions of metric tonnes)	2003 Value ($ billions)	2003 Weight (millions of metric tonnes)	2004 Value ($ billions)	2004 Weight (millions of metric tonnes)	20052 Value ($ billions)	20052 Weight (millions of metric tonnes)
Truck	323	NA	350	NA	385	NA	429	NA	395	164	398	NA	404	NA	453	NA	491	173
Rail	70	NA	68	NA	78	NA	94	NA	93	88	92	NA	96	NA	108	NA	116	128
Air	28	<1	30	<1	34	<1	45	<1	37	<1	30	<1	28	<1	32	<1	33	<1
Water	22	157	21	166	23	166	33	176	29	194	33	188	38	196	46	222	58	232
Pipeline	14	NA	11	NA	12	NA	24	NA	26	72	23	NA	32	NA	39	NA	52	78
Other	19	NA	23	NA	25	NA	29	NA	31	1	29	NA	31	NA	34	NA	39	5
Total	475	435	503	NA	559	NA	653	477	612	519	604	495	629	511	712	NA	790	616

Key: NA = not available.

¹2001 data are from the U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, International Trade and Freight Transportation Trends (Washington, DC: 2003), tables 22 and C-11, available at www.bts.gov as of July 12, 2004. “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.
²2005 data are from the U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, North American Freight Transportation (Washington, DC: 2003), tables A-1 and A-2, available at www.bts.gov as of August 12, 2006.

Notes: Individual modal totals may not sum to exact totals due to rounding. 1 ton = 0.91 metric tonne. For value, “Other” is the difference between the total and the sum of the individual modes.

Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Transborder Freight data, August 2006.