U.S. Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico
Value of U.S. - Canada trade (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)
Value of U.S. - Mexico trade (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)
Transborder freight data is useful in monitoring the value and modal patterns of trade with Canada and Mexico, our North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners. Canada is our largest trading partner, and Mexico ranks third. Surface modes include not only truck, rail, and pipeline, but also mail and other miscellaneous modes not shown here.
| U.S. - Canada Trade | Jan-13 | Jan-14 |
|---|---|---|
| Truck (billions of dollars) | 27.07 | 25.74 |
| Percent change from same month previous year | + 2.5% | - 4.9% |
| Rail (billions of dollars) | 8.25 | 7.43 |
| Percent change from same month previous year | + 4.6% | - 9.9% |
| Pipeline (billions of dollars) | 7.08 | 7.21 |
| Percent change from same month previous year | - 0.9% | + 1.9% |
| U.S. - Mexico Trade | Jan-13 | Jan-14 |
|---|---|---|
| Truck (billions of dollars) | 26.63 | 27.96 |
| Percent change from same month previous year | + 3.5% | + 5.0% |
| Rail (billions of dollars) | 4.66 | 4.93 |
| Percent change from same month previous year | + 5.1% | + 5.9% |
| Pipeline (billions of dollars) | 0.29 | 0.37 |
| Percent change from same month previous year | + 0.5% | + 30.6% |
NOTE: The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, TransBorder Freight Data, available at http://transborder.bts.gov/programs/international/transborder/ as of April 2014.