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 |
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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