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Table 4a. Export Shipment Characteristics by Export Mode of Transportation and Country of Destination: 2012

Monday, July 13, 2015

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(Estimates are based on data from the 2012 Commodity Flow Survey. Because of rounding, estimates may not be additive)

Export mode of transportation and country of destination Value Tons
2012
(million dollars)
Percent of total 2012
(thousands)
Percent of total
TOTAL 1,124,679 100.0 564,520 100.0
CANADA        
All modes 227,601 100.0 88,722 100.0
Truck (1) 165,581 72.8 47,237 53.2
 For-hire truck 131,658 57.8 35,870 40.4
 Private truck 33,923 14.9 11,367 12.8
Rail 28,692 12.6 27,095 30.5
Water 3,858 1.7 14,028 15.8
Air (includes truck and air) 13,291 5.8 172 0.2
Pipeline (2) S S S S
Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier 16,162 7.1 174 0.2
Other modes 0 0.0 0 0.0
MEXICO        
All modes 110,230 100.0 78,335 100.0
Truck (1) 65,597 59.5 22,333 28.5
 For-hire truck 54,008 49.0 13,420 17.1
 Private truck 11,588 10.5 8,913 11.4
Rail 18,980 17.2 30,667 39.1
Water 13,528 12.3 21,778 27.8
Air (includes truck and air) 5,617 5.1 70 0.1
Pipeline (2) S S S S
Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier 3,851 3.5 26 Z
Other modes 0 0.0 0 0.0
ALL OTHER COUNTRIES        
All modes 786,848 100.0 397,463 100.0
Truck (3) 0 0.0 0 0.0
 For-hire truck 0 0.0 0 0.0
 Private truck 0 0.0 0 0.0
Rail (3) 0 0.0 0 0.0
Water 438,937 55.8 393,976 99.1
Air (includes truck and air) 347,911 44.2 3,487 0.9
Pipeline (3) 0 0.0 0 0.0
Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier 0 0.0 0 0.0
Other modes 0 0.0 0 0.0

KEY: S = Withheld because estimate did not meet publication standards.

Z = Rounds to zero.

(1) “Truck” as a single mode includes shipments that were made by only private truck or only for-hire truck.

(2) Estimates for pipeline exclude shipments of crude petroleum (SCTG 16).

(3) “Truck,” “Rail,” and “Pipeline” single-mode categories are not valid modes of transportation for export shipments to “All Other Countries.”

NOTES: Value-of-shipments estimates have not been adjusted for price changes. Appendix B tables provide estimated measures of sampling variability. The Introduction and appendixes give information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, sample design and definitions. Links to this information on the Internet may be found at <www.census.gov/econ/cfs>.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics and U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 Economic Census: Transportation Commodity Flow Survey, December 2014.