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Freight Facts and Figures 2013

Table 2-9. Value and Tonnage of U.S. Merchandise Trade with Canada and Mexico by Transportation Mode: 1997-2012 (Historical)

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Mode 1997 1998 1999 2000 20011 2002 2003 2004 20052 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Value (Current US$ billions) Weight (millions of short tons) Value (Current US$ billions) Weight (millions of short tons) Value (Current US$ billions) Weight (millions of short tons) Value (Current US$ billions) Weight (millions of short tons) Value Current US$ billions) Weight (millions of short tons) Value (Current US$ billions) Weight (millions of short tons) Value (Current US$ billions) Weight (millions of short tons) Value (Current US$ billions) Weight (millions of short tons) Value (Current US$ billions) Weight (millions of short tons) Value (Current US$ billions) Weight (millions of short tons) Value (Current US$ billions) Weight (millions of short tons) Value (Current US$ billions) Weight (millions of short tons) Value (Current US$ billions) Weight (millions of short tons) Value (Current US$ billions) Weight (millions of short tons) Value (Current US$ billions) Weight (millions of short tons) Value (Current US$ billions) 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 555 192 554 182 455 155 557 187 626 208 665 188
Rail 70 NA 68 NA 78 NA 94 NA 93 97 92 NA 96 NA 108 NA 116 141 129 NA 138 154 140 148 96 108 131 134 152 142 168 128
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 39 <1 45 <1 46 <1 44 <1
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 59 189 81 210 108 188 106 196
Pipeline 14 NA 11 NA 12 NA 24 NA 26 79 23 NA 32 NA 39 NA 52 86 57 NA 59 95 88 99 49 99 63 106 81 123 77 127
Other 19 NA 23 NA 25 NA 29 NA 31 1 29 NA 31 NA 34 NA 39 5 40 NA 44 7 47 7 37 6 40 9 46 13 50 13
Total 475 479 503 NA 559 NA 653 NA 612 572 604 545 629 563 712 NA 790 679 865 NA 908 691 964 668 735 557 918 646 1,058 675 1,110 652

Key: NA = not available.

12001 data are from the U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, 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 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.

Sources:

Truck, Rail, Pipeline, and Other: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, North American Transborder Freight Data, available at www.bts.gov/transborder as of October 15, 2013.

Air and Water: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Division, FT920 - U.S. Merchandise Trade: Selected Highlights (Washington, DC: annual issues).

 


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