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Table 23 U.S. Merchandise Trade with Canada and Mexico by Mode: 2000-2001

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Table 23
U.S. Merchandise Trade with Canada and Mexico by Mode: 2000-2001

(In percent)

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Mode Value Weight
2000 2001 2000R 2001
NAFTA trade, total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Truck 65.6 64.4 32.8 31.5
Rail 14.4 15.1 16.3 17.0
Pipeline 3.6 4.3 13.8 13.9
Air 6.9 6.0 0.2 0.1
Water 5.0 4.8 36.9 37.4
Other and unknown 4.5 5.4 0.1 0.2
U.S. trade with Canada, total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Truck 63.5 61.7 36.4 35.3
Rail 15.4 15.8 20.8 21.6
Pipeline 5.7 6.9 19.1 19.4
Air 7.8 6.6 0.2 0.1
Water 2.2 2.4 23.6 23.5
Other and unknown 5.3 6.7 0.1 0.2
U.S. trade with Mexico, total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Truck 69.1 68.9 24.7 23.3
Rail 12.7 13.9 6.1 6.9
Pipeline 0.1 0.1 2.0 1.8
Air 5.4 5.2 0.1 0.1
Water 9.5 8.6 67.0 67.7
Other and unknown 3.1 3.2 0.2 0.2

Key: R = revised.

NOTE: Due to data revisions, 2000 modal shares for overall NAFTA trade differ from previously published data.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, special tabulation, May 2002; based on total trade, air and water data-U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Division, FT920 U.S. Merchandise Trade 2000 to 2001 (Washington, DC: 2000-2001); and all land modes-U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Transborder Surface Freight Data, as of January 2002.