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Tables 2-8 and 2-8M. Value and Weight of U.S. Merchandise Trade with Canada and
Mexico by Transportation Mode: 1998-2006 (Historical)

Table in Excel format

empty Cell 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)
20052
Value ($ billions)
20051
Weight (millions of short tons)
2006
Value ($ billions)
2006
Weight (millions of short tons)
Truck 323 NA 350 NA 385 NA 429 NA 395 180 398 NA 404 NA 453 NA 491 191 534 NA
Rail 70 NA 68 NA 78 NA 94 NA 93 97 92 NA 96 NA 108 NA 116 141 129 NA
Air 28 <1 30 <1 34 1 45 1 37 <1 30 <1 28 <1 32 <1 33 <1 36 <1
Water 22 173 21 183 23 183 33 194 29 214 33 207 38 216 46 244 58 256 70 251
Pipeline 14 NA 11 NA 12 NA 24 NA 26 79 23 NA 32 NA 39 NA 52 86 57 NA
Other 19 NA 23 NA 25 NA 29 NA 31 1 29 NA 31 NA 34 NA 39 5 40 NA
Total 475 479 503 NA 559 NA 653 526 612 572 604 545 629 563 712 NA 790 679 865 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.
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 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

empty Cell 1997
Value (current $ billions)
1997
Weight (millions of metric tonnes)
1998
Value (current $ billions)
1998
Weight (millions of metric tonnes)
1999
Value (current $ billions)
1999
Weight (millions of metric tonnes)
2000
Value (current $ billions)
2000
Weight (millions of metric tonnes)
20011
Value (current $ billions)
20011
Weight (millions of metric tonnes)
2002
Value (current $ billions)
2002
Weight (millions of metric tonnes)
2003
Value (current $ billions)
2003
WWeight (millions of metric tonnes)
2004
Value (current $ billions)
2004
Weight (millions of metric tonnes)
20052
Value (current $ billions)
20051
Weight (millions of metric tonnes)
2006
Value (current $ billions)
2006
Weight (millions of metric tonnes)
Truck 323 NA 350 NA 385 NA 429 NA 395 164 398 NA 404 NA 453 NA 491 173 534 NA
Rail 70 NA 68 NA 78 NA 94 NA 93 88 92 NA 96 NA 108 NA 116 128 129 NA
Air 28 <1 30 <1 34 <1 45 <1 37 <1 30 <1 28 <1 32 <1 33 <1 36 <1
Water 22 157 21 166 23 166 33 176 29 194 33 188 38 196 46 222 58 232 70 229
Pipeline 14 NA 11 NA 12 NA 24 NA 26 72 23 NA 32 NA 39 NA 52 78 57 NA
Other 19 NA 23 NA 25 NA 29 NA 31 1 29 NA 31 NA 34 NA 39 5 40 NA
Total 475 435 503 NA 559 NA 653 477 612 519 604 495 629 511 712 NA 790 616 865 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.
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 = .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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