FIGURE 7 Value of U.S. International Merchandise Trade by Coasts and Borders: 1951–2013
Billions of 2009 Dollars
| Customs District | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
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| Atlantic coast | 85.7 | 77.3 | 73.6 | 72.8 | 81.5 | 88.1 | 91.0 | 81.4 | 85.1 | 90.6 | 65.7 | 68.1 | 101.1 | 109.0 | 111.9 | 126.3 | 124.5 | 136.5 | 133.7 | 146.9 | 142.7 | 163.2 | 201.0 | 261.4 | 241.4 | 260.3 | 271.2 | 305.8 | 350.7 | 397.3 | 362.1 | 316.8 | 298.0 | 336.2 | 323.6 | 347.6 | 362.5 | 390.8 | 393.0 | 405.0 | 394.8 | 406.3 | 414.2 | 431.5 | 468.9 | 486.0 | 521.2 | 536.2 | 558.0 | 628.3 | 598.3 | 582.6 | 622.6 | 696.3 | 761.3 | 818.3 | 875.6 | 966.4 | 741.0 | 867.4 | 994.5 | 983.1 | 1,046.5 |
| Gulf coast | 27.3 | 25.4 | 21.1 | 22.4 | 22.7 | 28.0 | 31.9 | 27.4 | 45.8 | 32.3 | 23.7 | 31.9 | 34.9 | 41.8 | 41.0 | 41.4 | 41.0 | 43.5 | 39.4 | 46.9 | 46.7 | 53.6 | 86.5 | 117.3 | 120.4 | 134.7 | 152.7 | 166.8 | 202.7 | 230.5 | 221.5 | 179.7 | 149.6 | 124.1 | 134.2 | 121.8 | 130.3 | 141.0 | 152.3 | 157.5 | 151.6 | 153.0 | 152.4 | 167.3 | 195.7 | 207.9 | 209.1 | 202.9 | 207.6 | 260.3 | 236.1 | 240.8 | 266.4 | 320.5 | 376.0 | 436.1 | 470.8 | 591.0 | 403.8 | 504.6 | 621.6 | 631.9 | 597.8 |
| Mexican border | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 9.2 | 8.8 | 11.6 | 14.8 | 19.1 | 19.1 | 19.9 | 18.5 | 23.4 | 29.9 | 40.3 | 42.6 | 32.2 | 30.0 | 62.3 | 39.8 | 42.6 | 48.7 | 60.4 | 68.1 | 72.7 | 76.4 | 88.8 | 97.1 | 119.0 | 125.6 | 143.0 | 169.5 | 187.9 | 213.9 | 261.6 | 243.1 | 238.0 | 240.8 | 269.4 | 278.7 | 307.9 | 316.6 | 314.2 | 266.9 | 337.3 | 378.9 | 408.4 | 424.7 |
| Pacific coast | 14.8 | 14.5 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 16.0 | 19.0 | 21.0 | 19.7 | 20.0 | 24.4 | 23.3 | 24.4 | 28.7 | 46.4 | 33.3 | 36.4 | 39.6 | 46.2 | 54.2 | 59.2 | 58.8 | 67.2 | 91.8 | 124.6 | 110.2 | 125.3 | 133.3 | 149.0 | 173.7 | 195.6 | 194.1 | 114.8 | 180.9 | 184.2 | 227.0 | 246.2 | 271.6 | 314.0 | 341.8 | 354.4 | 357.8 | 381.1 | 396.1 | 437.2 | 490.4 | 507.4 | 546.0 | 530.5 | 562.5 | 626.4 | 548.2 | 524.3 | 534.4 | 588.9 | 632.0 | 700.8 | 727.4 | 732.4 | 570.1 | 674.2 | 734.9 | 756.9 | 770.1 |
| Canadian border | 29.5 | 30.6 | 32.1 | 29.9 | 33.3 | 37.9 | 36.7 | 32.5 | 37.2 | 36.3 | 37.9 | 41.0 | 44.3 | 49.8 | 57.7 | 68.0 | 73.0 | 84.5 | 93.5 | 91.2 | 88.5 | 114.8 | 133.9 | 151.0 | 141.4 | 160.0 | 164.6 | 177.7 | 182.3 | 178.5 | 176.0 | 163.4 | 177.9 | 222.4 | 223.2 | 222.7 | 244.2 | 273.3 | 279.1 | 302.9 | 298.4 | 318.2 | 348.6 | 396.9 | 439.5 | 461.8 | 500.4 | 510.7 | 550.3 | 598.8 | 549.9 | 538.2 | 563.2 | 626.7 | 683.5 | 714.0 | 735.4 | 763.7 | 578.2 | 704.3 | 779.7 | 795.4 | 793.1 |
| Total | 161.7 | 152.2 | 144.5 | 143.5 | 157.7 | 177.7 | 185.9 | 166.1 | 192.4 | 188.0 | 155.3 | 169.9 | 214.1 | 253.1 | 250.2 | 278.8 | 284.8 | 318.3 | 328.7 | 353.4 | 345.5 | 410.3 | 528.0 | 673.4 | 632.6 | 700.2 | 740.3 | 822.7 | 939.4 | 1,042.2 | 996.5 | 806.8 | 836.4 | 929.3 | 947.8 | 980.9 | 1,057.2 | 1,179.6 | 1,234.2 | 1,292.5 | 1,279.0 | 1,347.3 | 1,408.4 | 1,551.9 | 1,720.2 | 1,806.1 | 1,946.2 | 1,968.2 | 2,092.3 | 2,375.5 | 2,175.6 | 2,123.8 | 2,227.3 | 2,501.8 | 2,731.5 | 2,977.1 | 3,125.8 | 3,367.6 | 2,559.9 | 3,087.8 | 3,509.6 | 3,575.7 | 3,632.3 |
NOTES: The value of coal shipments through Mobile, AL; Charleston, SC; and Norfolk, VA are considered proprietary information and are consolidated. The total value of coal exports for the above three cities are included under the Atlantic Coast Customs District.
SOURCES: 1951-1970: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, Bicentennial Edition (Washington, DC: 1975); 1971-1999: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States (Washington, DC: annual issues); 2000-2013: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Division, FT920 - U.S. Merchandise Trade: Selected Highlights (Washington, DC: annual issues). Implicit GDP Deflator: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Current-Dollar and Real Gross Domestic Product, available at www.bea.gov as of June 2014.