Table 6-2c: U.S. Merchandise Trade With Canada and Mexico by Mode of Transportation (Thousands of metric tons)

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Table 6 - 2c
U.S. Merchandise Trade With Canada and Mexico by Mode of Transportation (Thousands of metric tons)
Table summary
This table displays the results of U.S. Merchandise Trade With Canada and Mexico by Mode of Transportation (Thousands of metric tons). The information is grouped by Hierarchies (appearing as row headers), 1990, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 (appearing as column headers).
Hierarchies 1990 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Total trade with Canada Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 340,345 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 364,229 356,204 373,339 391,032 408,336 414,328 420,589 414,406 405,717 333,359 371,880 382,364 410,359 433,892 480,621 501,535
Air 224 253 269 312 336 378 384 297 261 255 286 262 276 306 285 211 226 316 296 248 203 194
Water transport 65,448 68,509 72,014 76,104 82,759 83,167 85,837 83,598 90,157 99,321 100,420 103,852 102,179 101,392 104,190 76,524 83,158 76,099 73,168 77,642 89,617 95,333
Road Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 133,050 133,835 133,679 130,753 116,996 110,337 92,577 104,183 106,410 107,710 109,339 114,480 112,793
Rail Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 85,393 94,670 98,776 102,454 105,100 98,012 72,116 88,036 91,876 97,595 104,729 107,398 101,864
Pipeline Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 72,477 78,162 76,921 84,290 84,309 87,249 87,101 88,922 100,925 112,831 123,343 142,482 160,528
Exports to Canada Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 114,235 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 114,180 109,847 115,068 123,278 124,865 128,793 131,829 128,491 134,064 100,375 120,266 114,984 133,375 140,997 168,183 176,026
Air 172 215 225 253 272 292 283 227 198 193 220 194 213 220 223 169 182 275 260 212 168 160
Water Transport 25,195 25,721 24,906 27,522 32,596 30,980 30,783 29,084 29,085 32,959 31,937 32,049 32,694 31,962 39,727 21,501 26,963 22,942 22,596 27,540 39,707 42,686
Road Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 68,602 67,699 68,545 68,380 57,522 57,693 49,067 56,406 58,024 58,821 59,257 60,283 58,618
Rail Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 19,485 21,078 23,878 26,861 30,758 29,892 23,939 30,006 29,455 33,022 32,175 32,825 29,820
Pipeline Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 1,709 3,224 3,599 3,279 2,449 1,405 1,197 1,347 4,287 11,614 14,502 22,084 25,695
Imports from Canada Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 226,110 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 250,049 246,357 258,271 267,754 283,471 285,535 288,760 285,915 271,653 232,984 251,614 267,379 276,984 292,896 312,437 325,509
Air 52 38 44 59 64 86 101 70 63 62 66 68 63 85 62 42 44 41 36 36 35 34
Water transport 40,253 42,788 47,108 48,582 50,163 52,187 55,054 54,514 61,072 66,363 68,371 71,803 69,484 69,430 64,463 55,023 56,195 53,157 50,573 50,102 49,909 52,647
Road Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 60,595 61,704 71,375 65,721 62,704 66,188 64,449 66,137 65,134 62,373 59,474 52,644 43,509 47,777 48,386 48,889 50,082 54,198 54,175
Rail Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 51,354 53,330 55,709 59,960 60,447 62,978 65,907 73,593 74,898 75,593 74,341 68,119 48,177 58,030 62,420 64,573 72,554 74,572 72,045
Pipeline Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 65,386 65,266 52,263 68,947 68,385 67,876 70,768 74,938 73,322 81,011 81,860 85,845 85,904 87,575 96,638 101,218 108,841 120,399 134,832
Total trade with Mexico Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 139,054 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 161,888 163,130 171,762 172,485 185,150 190,116 195,741 212,332 200,332 172,559 214,365 242,002 228,770 222,747 242,246 227,285
Air 48 64 83 103 122 142 166 125 124 110 121 119 128 152 129 95 124 114 108 108 109 105
Water transport 52,142 72,351 75,940 96,986 100,287 100,092 108,389 110,482 116,667 121,570 123,000 124,769 125,888 117,555 106,710 95,246 106,971 111,956 104,893 101,771 102,497 103,014
Road Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 38,231 44,931 47,631 49,255 56,919 55,244 48,255 65,699 82,116 70,733 69,442 71,723 74,090
Rail Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 11,715 14,170 17,369 17,879 35,060 35,801 26,252 33,762 36,980 41,867 38,568 36,657 36,967
Pipeline Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 61 2,213 0 1,603 2,161 2,191 2,348 7,376 10,618 10,735 12,322 30,479 12,511
Exports to Mexico Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 34,896 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 51,000 47,130 48,652 43,313 48,996 50,776 53,557 79,326 80,425 69,638 98,153 124,336 118,433 112,914 128,942 117,803
Air 30 28 37 48 62 76 86 69 69 57 57 55 58 57 53 48 55 55 54 53 57 55
Water transport 9,027 8,632 13,097 14,830 18,553 21,213 25,157 22,767 23,061 21,930 21,228 22,789 23,319 23,683 23,999 25,033 30,830 37,573 38,691 38,295 39,059 44,018
Road Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 16,539 19,346 20,294 20,871 28,333 27,626 23,329 35,737 49,885 37,061 35,083 34,983 36,984
Rail Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 4,262 5,713 7,488 7,159 24,988 26,765 19,039 24,396 26,740 32,064 27,298 24,388 24,601
Pipeline Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 61 2,205 0 1,486 1,859 1,861 1,905 7,004 10,083 10,294 11,845 29,943 11,854
Imports from Mexico Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 104,068 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 110,888 116,000 123,110 129,172 136,153 139,340 142,184 133,006 119,908 102,922 116,211 117,666 110,337 109,834 113,304 109,482
Air 18 36 46 55 60 66 80 56 55 53 63 64 71 94 75 47 69 59 54 55 52 50
Water transport 43,115 63,719 62,843 82,156 81,734 78,879 83,232 87,715 93,606 99,640 101,772 101,980 102,569 93,872 82,712 70,213 76,140 74,383 66,202 63,475 63,438 58,997
Road Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 16,157 17,496 19,667 20,688 20,429 21,214 21,693 25,586 27,337 28,384 28,585 27,618 24,925 29,962 32,231 33,673 34,359 36,739 37,106
Rail Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 5,096 5,430 6,062 6,636 7,621 7,816 7,454 8,458 9,881 10,720 10,072 9,036 7,213 9,366 10,240 9,803 11,270 12,269 12,366
Pipeline Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 77 57 41 117 16 5 0 8 0 116 303 330 443 372 535 440 477 535 658
.. not available for a specific reference period
Notes:
Imports from Canada: The U.S. Customs Service began to require shipping weight for U.S. imports from Canada by all modes of transportation in 1990. However, it did not become possible to disaggregate the land modes (road, rail and pipeline) until 1994. In addition, transshipments cannot be disaggregated from 1995 and 1996 land modes data, rendering these years’ figures incomparable to data from subsequent years. For more information, see the technical documentation.

Imports from Mexico: The U.S. Customs Service began to require shipping weight for U.S. imports from Mexico by land modes of transportation (road, rail and pipeline) in April 1995. In addition, transshipments cannot be disaggregated from 1995 and 1996 land modes data, rendering these years’ figures incomparable to data from subsequent years. For more information, see the technical documentation.

Road, rail and pipeline exports: The United States currently does not report weight for export shipments to Canada or Mexico for these land modes of transportation. The U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) estimates the weight of exports for truck, rail, pipeline, mail and other and unknown modes based on the import weight-to-value ratios that vary by country, mode, and commodity. The import weight-to-value ratios at the six, four, and two-digit HS code commodity detail are applied. Since the weight-to-value ratio of a given commodity drastically change from one year to another, BTS removed the irregular components (outliers) of the import ratios to produce a consistent and reliable export weight estimates.

Due to differences in the methodology, the export weight estimates of truck, rail, pipeline, mail and other modes for earlier years (before 2007) are not comparable to the current export weight estimates. Import components may not add totals due to the inclusion of other modes not listed. 2010 data for pipeline exports to Mexico is not comparable to data from previous years due to a change in the methodology.

One short ton = approximately 0.90718474 metric tons.
Sources:
Total trade, air and water:
1990 – 2003: U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Division, FT920 reports.
2004 – 2015: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, TransBorder Freight Data.
Road, rail, and pipeline: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, TransBorder Freight Data.

Technical documentation 6-2c: U.S. Merchandise Trade With Canada and Mexico by Mode of Transportation (Thousands of metric tons)
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