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Table 4b. Export Shipment Characteristics by Export Mode of Transportation and Country of Destination: 2012 and 2007

Monday, July 13, 2015

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(Estimates are based on data from the 2012 and 2007 Commodity Flow Surveys. Because of rounding, estimates may not be additive)

Export mode of transportation and country of destination Value Tons
2012
(million dollars)
2007
(million dollars)
Percent change 2012
(thousands)
2007
(thousands)
Percent change
TOTAL 1,124,679 873,409 28.8 564,520 479,578 17.7
CANADA            
All modes 227,601 197,503 15.2 88,722 101,198 –12.3
Truck (1) 165,581 114,194 45.0 47,237 42,550 11.0
 For-hire truck 131,658 X X 35,870 X X
 Private truck 33,923 X X 11,367 X X
Rail 28,692 23,310 23.1 27,095 29,847 –9.2
Water 3,858 5,683 –32.1 14,028 20,575 –31.8
Air (includes truck and air) 13,291 23,969 –44.5 172 108 59.2
Pipeline (2) S S S S S S
Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier 16,162 14,801 9.2 174 238 –26.6
Other modes 0 15,544 –100.0 0 7,880 –100.0
MEXICO            
All modes 110,230 81,719 34.9 78,335 68,327 14.6
Truck (1) 65,597 41,435 58.3 22,333 15,015 48.7
 For-hire truck 54,008 X X 13,420 X X
 Private truck 11,588 X X 8,913 X X
Rail 18,980 11,283 68.2 30,667 20,760 47.7
Water 13,528 8,527 58.6 21,778 24,891 –12.5
Air (includes truck and air) 5,617 3,987 40.9 70 51 37.7
Pipeline (2) S S S S S S
Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier 3,851 1,875 105.4 26 32 –18.0
Other modes 0 13,178 –100.0 0 6,401 –100.0
ALL OTHER COUNTRIES            
All modes 786,848 594,186 32.4 397,463 310,053 28.2
Truck (3) 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
 For-hire truck 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
 Private truck 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Rail (3) 0 S S 0 10 –100.0
Water 438,937 291,981 50.3 393,976 302,569 30.2
Air (includes truck and air) 347,911 252,031 38.0 3,487 3,513 –0.7
Pipeline (3) 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier 0 40,617 –100.0 0 241 –100.0
Other modes 0 9,541 –100.0 0 3,720 –100.0

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

X = Not applicable.

(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.