Tables 2-2 and 2-2M: U.S. Merchandise Trade with Canada and Mexico by Mode
Trade with Canada and Mexico has skyrocketed since the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1994. Trucks carry almost two-thirds of the value of goods traded with these countries. The value of goods carried by truck increased by about 20 percent between 1997 and 2001. By weight, the transportation modes of water and truck carry the largest share of goods traded.
Table 2-2 (standard units)
Table in Excel format
| Mode | 1997 Value ($ billions) |
1997 Weight (millions of short tons) |
2000 Value ($ billions) |
2000 Weight (millions of short tons) |
2001 Value ($ billions) |
2001 Weight (millions of short tons) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Truck | 323 | NA | 429 | NA | 395 | 180 |
| Rail | 70 | NA | 94 | NA | 93 | 97 |
| Air | 28 | NA | 45 | NA | 37 | 0.5 |
| Water | 22 | NA | 33 | NA | 29 | 214 |
| Pipeline | 14 | NA | 24 | NA | 26 | 79 |
| Other1 | 19 | NA | 29 | NA | 33 | 1.0 |
| Total | 475 | NA | 653 | NA | 614 | 572 |
1Other 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.
Table 2-2M (metric units)
Table in Excel format
| Mode | 1997 Value ($ billions) |
1997 Weight (millions of metric tonnes) |
2000 Value ($ billions) |
2000 Weight (millions of metric tonnes) |
2001 Value ($ billions) |
2001 Weight (millions of metric tonnes) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Truck | 323 | NA | 429 | NA | 395 | 164 |
| Rail | 70 | NA | 94 | NA | 93 | 88 |
| Air | 28 | NA | 45 | NA | 37 | 0 |
| Water | 22 | NA | 33 | NA | 29 | 194 |
| Pipeline | 14 | NA | 24 | NA | 26 | 72 |
| Other1 | 19 | NA | 29 | NA | 33 | 1 |
| Total | 475 | NA | 653 | NA | 614 | 519 |
Key: NA = not available.
1Other 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.
Notes: Individual modal totals may not sum to exact export or import totals due to rounding. 1 short ton = 2,000 lbs.
Source: 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.
