Freight Facts and Figures 2009

Tables 2-8 and 2-8M. Value and Tonnage of U.S. Merchandise Trade with Canada and Mexico by Transportation Mode: 1997-2008 (Historical)

Table 2-8 (standard units)

Mode	1997 Value (Current US$ billions)	1997 Weight (millions of short tons)	1998 Value (Current US$ billions)	1998 Weight (millions of short tons)	1999 Value (Current US$ billions)	1999 Weight (millions of short tons)	2000 Value (Current US$ billions)	2000 Weight (millions of short tons)	2001¹Value (Current US$ billions)	2001¹Weight (millions of short tons)	2002 Value (Current US$ billions)	2002 Weight (millions of short tons)	2003 Value (Current US$ billions)	2003 Weight (millions short tons)	2004 Value (Current US$ billions)	2004 Weight (millions short tons)	2005² Value (Current US$ billions)	2005² Weight (millions short tons)	2006 Value (Current US$ billions)	2006 Weight (millions short tons)	2007 Value (Current US$ billions)	2007 Weight (millions short tons)	2008 Value (Current US$ billions)	2008 Weight (millions short tons)
Truck	323	NA	350	NA	385	NA	429	NA	395	180	398	NA	404	NA	453	NA	491	191	534	NA	555	NA	554	NA
Rail	70	NA	68	NA	78	NA	94	NA	93	97	92	NA	96	NA	108	NA	116	141	129	NA	138	NA	140	NA
Air	28	<1	30	<1	34	1	45	<1	37	<1	30	<1	28	<1	32	<1	33	<1	36	<1	38	1	41	0
Water	22	173	21	183	23	183	33	194	29	214	33	207	38	216	46	244	58	256	70	251	74	241	93	232
Pipeline	14	NA	11	NA	12	NA	24	NA	26	79	23	NA	32	NA	39	NA	52	86	57	NA	59	NA	88	NA
Other	19	NA	23	NA	25	NA	29	NA	31	1	29	NA	31	NA	34	NA	39	5	40	NA	44	NA	46	NA
Total	475	479	503	NA	559	NA	653	NA	612	572	604	545	629	563	712	NA	790	679	865	NA	908	NA	962	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.

² 2005 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 July 18, 2008. Weights of export shipments by land modes are not collected in the administrative records that provide official U.S. trade data. The Bureau of Transportation Statistics has estimated the land mode export tonnage using value-to-weight ratios derived from imported commodities. Value-to-weight ratios for exported commodities may differ from imported commodities.

Notes:

1 short ton = 2,000 pounds. 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 availabe at www.bts.gov/transborder as of September 2009.

Table 2-8M (metric units)

Table in Excel format

Mode	1997 Value (current US$ billions)	1997 Weight (millions of metric tonnes)	1998 Value (current US$ billions)	1998 Weight (millions of metric tonnes)	1999 Value (current US$ billions)	1999 Weight (millions of metric tonnes)	2000 Value (current US$ billions)	2000 Weight (millions of metric tonnes)	2001¹Value (current US$ billions)	2001¹Weight (millions of metric tonnes)	2002 Value (current US$ billions)	2002 Weight (millions of metric tonnes)	2003 Value (current US$ billions)	2003 Weight (millions of metric tonnes)	2004 Value (current US$ billions)	2004 Weight (millions of metric tonnes)	2005² Value (current US$ billions)	2005² 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)	2008 Value (current US$ billions)	2008 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	555	174	554	165
Rail	70	NA	68	NA	78	NA	94	NA	93	88	92	NA	96	NA	108	NA	116	128	129	NA	138	140	140	134
Air	28	<1	30	<1	34	<1	45	<1	37	<1	30	<1	28	<1	32	<1	33	<1	36	<1	38	<1	41	<1
Water	22	157	21	166	23	166	33	176	29	194	33	188	38	196	46	222	58	232	70	228	74	219	93	211
Pipeline	14	NA	11	NA	12	NA	24	NA	26	72	23	NA	32	NA	39	NA	52	78	57	NA	59	86	88	89
Other	19	NA	23	NA	25	NA	29	NA	31	1	29	NA	31	NA	34	NA	39	5	40	NA	44	7	46	6
Total	475	435	503	NA	559	NA	653	NA	612	519	604	495	629	511	712	NA	790	616	865	NA	908	627	962	606

Key: NA = not available.

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 July 18, 2008. Weights of export shipments by land modes are not collected in the administrative records that provide official U.S. trade data. The Bureau of Transportation Statistics has estimated the land mode export tonnage using value-to-weight ratios derived from imported commodities. Value-to-weight ratios for exported commodities may differ from imported commodities.

Notes:

1 metric tonne = 1.1023 short tons. Individual modal totals may not sum to exact totals due to rounding. For value, “Other” is the difference between the total and the sum of the individual modes. 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, March 2009, available as of June 15, 2009.

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