Tables 2-8 and 2-8M. Value and Weight of U.S. Merchandise Trade with Canada and Mexico by Transportation Mode: 1998-2006
Trade with Canada and Mexico has grown rapidly over the past decade. Trucks carry almost two-thirds of the value of goods traded with these countries. By weight, the water and truck modes carry the largest share of goods traded. Trucks carried the dominant share by value.
Table in Excel format | Historical data
 |
1998 Value ($ billions) |
1998 Weight (millions of short tons) |
2000 Value ($ billions) |
2000 Weight (millions of short tons) |
20051 Value ($ billions) |
20051 Weight (millions of short tons) |
2006 Value ($ billions) |
2006 Weight (millions of short tons) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Truck | 350 | NA | 429 | NA | 491 | 191 | 534 | NA |
| Rail | 68 | NA | 94 | NA | 116 | 141 | 129 | NA |
| Air | 30 | <1 | 45 | 1 | 33 | <1 | 36 | <1 |
| Water | 21 | 183 | 33 | 194 | 58 | 256 | 70 | 251 |
| Pipeline | 11 | NA | 24 | NA | 52 | 86 | 57 | NA |
| Other | 23 | NA | 29 | NA | 39 | 5 | 40 | NA |
| Total | 503 | NA | 653 | 526 | 790 | 679 | 865 | NA |
Key: NA = not available.
12005 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 short ton = 2,000 pounds. 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, September 2007.
Table 2-8M (metric units - million metric tonnes)
Table in Excel format | Historical data
| Mode | 1998 Value (current $ billions) |
1998 Weight (millions of metric tonnes) |
2000 Value (current $ billions) |
2000 Weight (millions of metric tonnes) |
20051 Value (current $ billions) |
20051 Weight (millions of metric tonnes) |
2006 Value (current$ billions) |
2006 Weight (millions of metric tonnes) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Truck | 350 | NA | 429 | NA | 491 | 173 | 534 | NA |
| Rail | 68 | NA | 94 | NA | 116 | 128 | 129 | NA |
| Air | 30 | <1 | 45 | <1 | 33 | <1 | 36 | <1 |
| Water | 21 | 166 | 33 | 176 | 58 | 232 | 70 | 229 |
| Pipeline | 11 | NA | 24 | NA | 52 | 78 | 57 | NA |
| Other | 23 | NA | 29 | NA | 39 | 5 | 40 | NA |
| Total | 503 | NA | 653 | 477 | 790 | 616 | 865 | NA |
Key: NA = not available.
12005 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 = .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, September 2007.
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