TABLE 7. Truck, Train, and Rail Container Crossings into the United States from Canada and Mexico: 2000-2003
Monday, June 4, 2012
TABLE 7. Truck, Train, and Rail Container Crossings into the United States from Canada and Mexico: 2000-2003
(Crossings, thousands)
| Mode | Crossings from Canada and Mexico | Crossings from Canada | Crossings from Mexico | Percent change, 2000-2003 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | U.S.-NAFTA | U.S.-Canada | U.S.-Mexico | |
| Truck | 11,574 | 11,082 | 11,343 | 10,966 | 7,048 | 6,777 | 6,916 | 6,728 | 4,526 | 4,305 | 4,427 | 4,238 | -5.2 | -4.5 | -6.4 |
| Truck containers | 10,433 | 10,880 | 11,254 | 10,952 | 6,232 | 6,591 | 6,820 | 6,606 | 4,201 | 4,288 | 4,434 | 4,345 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 3.4 |
| Full | 7,685 | 7,943 | 8,341 | 8,325 | 5,335 | 5,571 | 5,818 | 5,673 | 2,350 | 2,372 | 2,523 | 2,652 | 8.3 | 6.3 | 12.8 |
| Empty | 2,748 | 2,937 | 2,914 | 2,626 | 897 | 1,021 | 1,002 | 933 | 1,851 | 1,916 | 1,911 | 1,693 | -4.4 | 4.0 | -8.5 |
| Rail | 41 | 41 | 40 | 42 | 33 | 34 | 33 | 34 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 9.4 |
| Rail containers | 2,167 | 2,362 | 2,433 | 2,476 | 1,595 | 1,779 | 1,830 | 1,868 | 572 | 583 | 602 | 607 | 14.3 | 17.1 | 6.2 |
| Full | 1,482 | 1,598 | 1,656 | 1,669 | 1,215 | 1,331 | 1,386 | 1,402 | 266 | 267 | 270 | 266 | 12.6 | 15.4 | 0.1 |
| Empty | 685 | 764 | 777 | 807 | 379 | 448 | 444 | 466 | 306 | 316 | 333 | 341 | 17.8 | 22.8 | 11.6 |
NOTE: Data do not represent individual unique vehicles. Border crossing data for outgoing vehicle and equipment crossings are not collected for all border crossing ports.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Border Crossing Data 2000-2003, based on data from U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection, Operations Management Database, 2004.