Freight Facts and Figures 2008
Table 2-9. Value of U.S. Land Exports to and Imports from Canada and Mexico by Mode of Land Transportation: 1998-2007
In addition to total trade with Canada and Mexico, trucks and railroads carry most of the trade in each direction across both borders. Pipelines also carry a significant volume of imports from Canada.
Table in Excel format | Historical data
Millions of current dollars
 |
1998 | 2000 | 2006 | 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exports to Canada, total | 137,745.4 | 154,847.4 | 209,283.2 | 226,058.3 |
| Truck | 114,806.1 | 129,825.3 | 164,318.1 | 174,342.7 |
| Rail | 12,279.6 | 12,946.5 | 22,477.8 | 25,496.8 |
| Pipeline | 93.4 | 161.6 | 2,180.0 | 3,334.5 |
| Other1 | 10,559.5 | 11,913.4 | 20,263.4 | 22,833.8 |
| 6.8 | 0.6 | 43.8 | 50.5 | |
| Exports to Mexico, total | 70,173.8 | 97,158.9 | 116,749.2 | 118,758.5 |
| Truck | 60,432.1 | 82,389.2 | 92,991.6 | 93,047.2 |
| Rail | 6,188.8 | 10,495.8 | 17,271.2 | 19,340.0 |
| Pipeline | 73.4 | 301.8 | 707.0 | 787.4 |
| Other1 | 3,470.0 | 3,972.0 | 5,779.1 | 5,581.0 |
| 0.1 | <0.1 | 0.3 | 2.9 | |
| Imports from Canada, total | 162,105.7 | 210,270.5 | 278,889.2 | 284,773.1 |
| Truck | 108,856.7 | 127,816.3 | 149,884.0 | 150,404.1 |
| Rail | 37,374.1 | 49,699.2 | 63,258.4 | 65,962.2 |
| Pipeline | 11,120.1 | 23,117.1 | 53,865.2 | 55,015.6 |
| Other1 | 4,575.1 | 9,571.0 | 11,736.0 | 12,957.4 |
| 1.7 | 4.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | |
| FTZ2 | 177.9 | 62.8 | 145.5 | 433.5 |
| Imports from Mexico, total | 84,102.9 | 113,436.5 | 155,205.1 | 167,713.2 |
| Truck | 65,883.7 | 88,668.7 | 126,463.6 | 137,037.0 |
| Rail | 12,029.7 | 21,056.1 | 25,863.5 | 27,060.0 |
| Pipeline | 2.4 | 11.5 | 55.4 | 168.6 |
| Other1 | 917.8 | 1,573.9 | 2,399.2 | 2,696.4 |
| 0.2 | 0.6 | <0.1 | NA | |
| FTZ2 | 2,886.7 | 2,125.7 | 423.3 | 751.1 |
1 “Other” includes “flyaway aircraft”or aircraft moving under their own power (i.e., aircraft moving from the manufacturer to a customer and not carrying any freight), powerhouse (electricity), vessels moving under their own power, pedestrians carrying freight, and unknown and miscellaneous.
2Foreign Trade Zones (FTZs) are treated as a mode of transportation in the TransBorder Freight Data because U.S. Customs does not collect actual mode for a specific shipment into or out of an FTZ.
Note:
Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source:
U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, TransBorder Freight Data, available at www.bts.gov/transborder as of June 3, 2008.
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