Table 3. Value of U.S. Merchandise Trade with NAFTA Partners by Mode: 1997-2000
Table 3. Value of U.S. Merchandise Trade with NAFTA Partners by Mode: 1997-2000
(Millions of dollars)
| Mode | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | Percentage change, 1997 - 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Truck | 323,298 | 349,979 | 385,413 | 428,700 | 32.6 |
| Rail | 69,844 | 67,872 | 78,414 | 94,198 | 34.9 |
| Air | 27,744 | 30,127 | 34,380 | 44,950 | 62.0 |
| Water | 21,661 | 20,852 | 23,357 | 32,607 | 50.5 |
| Pipeline | 14,132 | 11,289 | 12,315 | 23,592 | 66.9 |
| Other1 | 18,704 | 22,596 | 25,107 | 29,224 | 56.2 |
| Total trade | 475,382 | 502,715 | 558,987 | 653,270 | 37.4 |
| Subtotal, land | 425,977 | 451,736 | 501,239 | 575,713 | 35.2 |
| Land, % of total | 89.6 | 89.9 | 89.7 | 88.1 |
1 Other includes "flyaway aircraft" (i.e., aircraft moving under its own power from the manufacturer to a customer and not carrying freight), vessels moving under their own power, pedestrians carrying freight, and miscellaneous.
NOTES: Shipments that neither originate nor terminate in the United States (i.e., in-transit or in-bond shipments) are not included here, although they use the U.S. transportation system. These shipments are usually part of Mexico-Canada trade, and simply pass through the United States. Merchandise trade data exclude export shipments valued at less than $2,500 and import shipments valued at less than $1,250. Individual modal totals may not sum to exact export or import totals due to rounding.
SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, special tabulation, April 2001; based on: total trade, air and waterU.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Division, FT920 U.S. Merchandise Trade (Washington, DC: Various years); all land modesU.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Transborder Surface Freight Data.