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Freight Facts and Figures 2008

Tables 2-8 and 2-8M. Value and Tonnage of U.S. Merchandise Trade with Canada and Mexico by Transportation Mode: 1998-2007

Trade with Canada and Mexico has grown rapidly over the past decade.  Trucks carry more than 60 percent of the value of goods traded with these countries. Rail is the second largest mover of freight for the United States with Canada and Mexico.

Table 2-8 (standard units)

Table in Excel format | Historical data

Mode 1998 Value
($ billions)

1998 Weight
(millions of
short tons)

2000 Value
($ billions)
2000 Weight
(millions of
short tons)
2006 Value
($ billions)
2006 Weight
(millions of
short tons)
2007 Value
($ billions)
2007 Weight
(millions of
short tons)
Truck 350 NA 429 NA 534 NA 555 NA
Rail 68 NA 94 NA 129 NA 138 NA
Air 30 <1 45 1 36 <1 38 1
Water 21 183 33 194 70 251 74 241
Pipeline 11 NA 24 NA 57 NA 59 NA
Other 23 NA 29 NA 40 NA 44 NA
Total 503 NA 653 526 865 NA 908 NA

Key: NA = not available.

Notes:

Numbers may not add to 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, March 2008.

 

Table 2-8M (metric units)

Table in Excel format | Historical data

Mode 1998 Value (current US$
billions)
1998 Weight (millions of
metric tonnes)
2000 Value (current US$
billions)
2000 Weight (millions of
metric tonnes)
2006 Value (current US$
billions)
2006 Weight (millions of
metric tonnes)
2007 Value (current US$
billions)
2007 Weight (millions of
metric tonnes)
Truck 350 NA 429 NA 534 NA 555 NA
Rail 68 NA 94 NA 129 NA 138 NA
Air 30 <1 45 <1 36 <1 38 <1
Water 21 166 33 176 70 (R) 228 74 219
Pipeline 11 NA 24 NA 57 NA 59 NA
Other 23 NA 29 NA 40 NA 44 NA
Total 503 NA 653 NA 865 NA 908 NA

Key: NA = not available.

Notes:

1 metric tonne = 1.1 short tons. Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding. 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, March 2008.

 

 


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