Freight Facts and Figures 2010
Table 2-9. Value of U.S. Exports to and Imports from Canada and Mexico by Land Transportation Mode: 1999-2009
In addition to total trade with Canada and Mexico, trucks carry most of the trade in each direction across both borders, and rail is the second largest mover of bidirectional freight. Pipelines also carry a significant volume of imports from Canada.
Table in Excel format | Historical data
Millions of current U.S. dollars
 |
1999 | 2004 | 2008 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exports to Canada, total | 146,374 | 171,878 | 235,681 | 184,653 |
| Truck | 123,140 | 135,897 | 178,593 | 142,545 |
| Rail | 11,755 | 16,597 | 29,438 | 19,973 |
| Pipeline | 114 | 1,584 | 4,313 | 2,632 |
| Other1 | 11,360 | 17,777 | 23,294 | 19,456 |
| 6 | 23 | 43 | 48 | |
| Exports to Mexico, total | 76,129 | 97,304 | 129,587 | 110,378 |
| Truck | 66,924 | 79,349 | 100,264 | 89,417 |
| Rail | 5,711 | 13,633 | 21,965 | 15,291 |
| Pipeline | 144 | 87 | 1,250 | 788 |
| Other1 | 3,350 | 4,216 | 6,107 | 4,882 |
| <1 | 2 | <1 | <1 | |
| Imports from Canada, total | 183,724 | 236,735 | 301,128 | 201,089 |
| Truck | 118,901 | 132,762 | 141,353 | 105,079 |
| Rail | 46,255 | 57,947 | 63,757 | 41,058 |
| Pipeline | 12,056 | 36,828 | 82,018 | 45,630 |
| Other1 | 6,387 | 8,994 | 13,555 | 9,098 |
| 13 | <1 | <1 | <1 | |
| FTZ2 | 111 | 203 | 445 | 223 |
| Imports from Mexico, total | 95,023 | 127,646 | 163,478 | 140,576 |
| Truck | 76,448 | 104,944 | 134,224 | 117,787 |
| Rail | 14,693 | 20,183 | 25,265 | 19,303 |
| Pipeline | 2 | <1 | 193 | 155 |
| Other1 | 1,256 | 1,839 | 2,717 | 2,175 |
| <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | |
| FTZ2 | 2,624 | 680 | 1,079 | 1,156 |
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 and miscellaneous.
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 FTZ 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/programs/international/transborder/ as of August 10, 2010.
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