Table 2-3: U.S. Merchandise Trade with Canada and Mexico (Historical)
| Mode | 1997 Value ($ billions) |
1997 Weight (millions of short tons) |
1998 Value ($ billions) |
1998 Weight (millions of short tons) |
1999 Value ($ billions) |
1999 Weight (millions of short tons) |
2000 Value ($ billions) |
2000 Weight (millions of short tons) |
20011 Value ($ billions) |
20011 Weight (millions of short tons) |
2002 Value ($ billions) |
2002 Weight (millions of short tons) |
2003 Value ($ billions) |
2003 Weight (millions of short tons) |
2004 Value ($ billions) |
2004 Weight (millions of short tons) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Truck | 323 | NA | x | x | x | x | 429 | NA | 395 | 180 | 398 | NA | 404 | NA | 453 | NA |
| Rail | 70 | NA | x | x | x | x | 94 | NA | 93 | 97 | 92 | NA | 96 | NA | 108 | NA |
| Air | 28 | <1 | x | x | x | x | 45 | 1 | 37 | <1 | 30 | <1 | 28 | <1 | 32 | <1 |
| Water | 22 | 173 | x | x | x | x | 33 | 194 | 29 | 214 | 33 | 207 | 38 | 216 | 46 | 244 |
| Pipeline | 14 | NA | x | x | x | x | 24 | NA | 26 | 79 | 23 | NA | 32 | NA | 39 | NA |
| Other1 | 19 | NA | x | x | x | x | 29 | NA | 31 | 1 | 29 | NA | 31 | NA | 34 | NA |
| Total | 475 | 479 | x | x | x | x | 653 | 526 | 612 | 572 | 604 | 545 | 629 | 563 | 712 | NA |
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.
Notes: Individual modal totals may not sum to exact totals due to rounding. 1 short ton = 2,000 lbs. For value, “Other” is the difference between the total and the sum of the individual modes.
Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau; Statistics Canada; Transport Canada; Instituto Mexicano del Transporte; Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, Geografia e Informatica; Secretaria de Communicaciones y Transportes; North American Trade Statistics Database, tables 6-1c and 6-2c, available at http://nats.sct.gob.mx as of November 2, 2005.
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