Table 6-8a Top U.S. Merchandise Trade Commodities by Mode With Canada: 1996
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Table 6-8a
Top U.S. Merchandise Trade Commodities by Mode With Canada: 1996
(Current value in millions of U.S. dollars)
| 1996 | |
|---|---|
| Overall exports | |
| Vehicles other than railway (87) | 27,205 |
| Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and parts (84) | 26,381 |
| Electrical machinery, equipment and parts (85) | 17,840 |
| Plastics (39) | 5,044 |
| Special classification provisions (98) | 4,726 |
| Overall imports | |
| Vehicles other than railway (87) | 41,398 |
| Mineral fuels, oils and waxes (27) | 16,815 |
| Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and parts (84) | 14,050 |
| Wood and articles (44) | 8,596 |
| Paper and paperboard (48) | 8,491 |
| Air exports | |
| Electrical machinery, equipment and parts (85) | 4,618 |
| Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and parts (84) | 3,510 |
| Measuring and testing instruments (90) | 1,326 |
| Aircraft, spacecraft and parts (88) | 874 |
| Pharmaceutical products (30) | 423 |
| Air imports | |
| Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and parts (84) | 1,863 |
| Electrical machinery, equipment and parts (85) | 1,301 |
| Special classification provisions (98) | 1,147 |
| Pearls, stones, metals and imitation jewelry (71) | 782 |
| Aircraft, spacecraft and parts (88) | 514 |
| Road exports | |
| Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and parts (84) | 22,043 |
| Vehicles other than railway (87) | 20,610 |
| Electrical machinery, equipment and parts (85) | 12,564 |
| Plastics (39) | 3,996 |
| Special classification provisions (98) | 3,594 |
| Road imports | |
| Vehicles other than railway (87) | 23,115 |
| Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and parts (84) | 12,957 |
| Electrical machinery, equipment and parts (85) | 7,936 |
| Special classification provisions (98) | 5,180 |
| Paper and paperboard (48) | 4,762 |
| Rail exports | |
| Vehicles other than railway (87) | 6,610 |
| Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and parts (84) | 1,587 |
| Plastics (39) | 1,127 |
| Organic chemicals (29) | 902 |
| Electrical machinery, equipment and parts (85) | 421 |
| Rail imports | |
| Vehicles other than railway (87) | 18,894 |
| Wood and articles (44) | 3,829 |
| Paper and paperboard (48) | 3,099 |
| Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and parts (84) | 1,760 |
| Pulp of wood and paperboard (47) | 1,711 |
| Water exports | |
| Mineral fuels, oils and waxes (27) | 941 |
| Ores, slag and ash (26) | 298 |
| Inorganic chemicals (28) | 251 |
| Electrical machinery, equipment and parts (85) | 90 |
| Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and parts (84) | 73 |
| Water imports | |
| Mineral fuels, oils and waxes (27) | 2,046 |
| Paper and paperboard (48) | 742 |
| Organic chemicals (29) | 461 |
| Ores, slag and ash (26) | 378 |
| Salt, sulfur, plaster and cement (25) | 276 |
NOTE: Commodity description based on the two-digit Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (HS).
SOURCES
Overall, air and water: U.S. Department of Transportation. Maritime Administration. Office of Statistical and Economic Analysis. Special tabulation based on U.S. Department of Commerce. U.S. Census Bureau. Foreign Trade Division. U.S. Imports and Exports of Merchandise, December 1996. (Washington, DC: 1998).
Road and rail: U.S Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Transborder Surface Freight Data. (Washington, DC: 1998).