Table 6-3b Top Mexican Gateways for North American Merchandise Trade by Mode: 1996p
Table 6-3b
Top Mexican Gateways for North American Merchandise Trade by Mode: 1996p
(Current value in millions of U.S. dollars)
| Port Name | Exports | Imports | Total North American trade |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| To Canada | To the United States |
Total North American | From Canada | From the United States |
Total North American |
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| Air | |||||||
| Mexico City, D.F. | 34 | 573 | 607 | 97 | 1,344 | 1,440 | 2,047 |
| Guadalajara, Jal. | 50 | 939 | 989 | 28 | 589 | 617 | 1,606 |
| Monterrey, N.L. | 17 | 122 | 138 | 5 | 114 | 119 | 257 |
| Toluca, Edo. de Mex. | 1 | 131 | 132 | 2 | 49 | 51 | 183 |
| Water Transport | |||||||
| Ciudad del Carmen, Camp.a | 137 | 5,477 | 5,613 | U | 39 | 39 | 5,652 |
| Coatzacoalcos, Ver. | 3 | 3,606 | 3,609 | 2 | 259 | 261 | 3,870 |
| Veracruz, Ver. | 12 | 900 | 912 | 108 | 1,011 | 1,119 | 2,031 |
| Manzanillo Col. | 6 | 322 | 328 | 158 | 80 | 238 | 565 |
| Tuxpan, Ver. | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 545 | 546 | 551 |
| Altamira, Tamps. | 3 | 181 | 184 | 7 | 357 | 364 | 548 |
| Lázaro Cárdenas, Mich. | 3 | 217 | 220 | 55 | 101 | 156 | 375 |
| Guaymas, Son. | U | 31 | U | 21 | 52 | 73 | U |
| Land | |||||||
| Nuevo Laredo, Tamps. | 792 | 18,145 | 18,937 | 722 | 16,188 | 16,909 | 35,847 |
| Ciudad Juárez, Chih. | 19 | 12,224 | 12,243 | 18 | 11,805 | 11,823 | 24,066 |
| Tijuana, B.C. | 16 | 8,433 | 8,449 | 49 | 5,764 | 5,813 | 14,262 |
| Matamoros, Tamps. | 25 | 3,729 | 3,754 | 47 | 4,624 | 4,672 | 8,425 |
| Ciudad Reynosa, Tamps. | 34 | 3,621 | 3,655 | 22 | 3,394 | 3,415 | 7,070 |
| Piedras Negras, Coah. | 872 | 3,482 | 4,354 | 91 | 1,905 | 1,996 | 6,350 |
| Colombia, N.L. | 64 | 2,685 | 2,749 | 42 | 1,110 | 1,152 | 3,901 |
aRepresents Cayo Arcas, Camp. which is an offshore platform for oil trade.
KEY: p = Data are preliminary. U = Data are unavailable.
NOTES
Air: These four airports account for approximately 88 percent of Mexican trade by air with Canada and the United States. Data for other airports are unavailable.
Water transport: These eight water ports account for approximately 90 percent of Mexican trade by water with Canada and the United
States. Data for other water ports are unavailable.
Land: Data are unavailable to separate land ports by the specific modes of road, rail and pipeline. Land data in this table include both road and rail modes.
SOURCE: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática. Dirección General de Estadística. Dirección de Estadísticas
Económicas. Based on data developed through an interagency working group including the Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público, Banco de México and Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática. (Mexico City, D.F.: 1999).