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Freight Facts and Figures 2012

Tables 2-9 and 2-9M. Value and Tonnage of U.S. Merchandise Trade with Canada and Mexico by Transportation Mode: 2000, 2005, 2010, and 2011

Trade with both Canada and Mexico has grown rapidly over the past decade. Trucks carried about 59 percent of the value of goods traded with these countries in 2011.

Table 2-9 (standard units)

Table in Excel format | Historical data

Billions of current U.S. dollars and millions of short tons

Mode 2000 2005 2010 2011
Value Weight Value Weight Value Weight Value Weight
Truck1 429 NA 491 191 557 187 626 208
Rail1 94 NA 116 141 131 134 152 142
Air 45 <1 33 <1 45 <1 46 <1
Water 33 194 58 256 81 210 108 188
Pipeline1 24 NA 52 86 63 106 81 123
Other1 29 NA 39 5 40 9 46 13
Total1 653 NA 790 679 918 646 1,058 675

Key: NA = not available

1The U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics estimated the weight of exports for truck, rail, pipeline, and other modes using weight-to-value ratios derived from imported commodities.

Notes:

1 short ton = 2,000 pounds. "Other" includes shipments transported by mail, other and unknown modes, and shipments through Foreign Trade Zones. Totals for the most recent year differ slightly from the Freight Analysis Framework (FAF) due to variations in coverage and FAF conversion of values to constant dollars. Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.

Sources:

Truck, Rail, Pipleine, and Other: 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 June 14, 2012.

Air and Water: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Division, FT920 - U.S. Merchandise Trade: Selected Highlights (Washington, DC: annual issues).

 

Table 2-9M (metric units)

Table in Excel format

Billions of current U.S. dollars and millions of metric tonnes

Mode 2000 2005 2010 2011
Value Weight Value Weight Value Weight Value Weight
Truck1 429 NA 491 173 557 170 626 189
Rail1 94 NA 116 128 131 122 152 129
Air 45 <1 33 <1 45 1 46 <1
Water 33 176 58 232 81 190 108 171
Pipeline1 24 NA 52 78 63 96 81 112
Other1 29 NA 39 5 40 8 46 12
Total1 653 NA 790 616 918 586 1058 612

Key: NA = not available

1The U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics estimated the weight of exports for truck, rail, pipeline, and other modes using weight-to-value ratios derived from imported commodities.

Notes:

1 metric tonne = 1.1023 short tons. "Other" includes shipments transported by mail, other and unknown modes, and shipments through Foreign Trade Zones. Totals for the most recent year differ slightly from the Freight Analysis Framework (FAF) due to variations in coverage and FAF conversion of values to constant dollars. Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.

Sources:

Truck, Rail, Pipeline, and OtherU.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 June 14, 2012.

Air and Water: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Division, FT920 - U.S. Merchandise Trade: Selected Highlights (Washington, DC: annual issues).

 


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