Table A-5 Truck: Top 10 Commodities by Value for U.S.-NAFTA Partner Trade by Truck: 2004

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(Millions of current U.S. dollars)

U.S-North American Trade

Rank	Commodity Code	Description	Total	Exports	Imports
1	85	Electrical machinery and equipment and parts	77,281	34,385	42,896
2	84	^*Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and parts	75,891	43,491	32,400
3	87	Motor vehicles and parts	73,365	35,007	38,358
4	39	Plastics and articles thereof	21,208	13,187	8,020
5	90	Measuring and testing instruments	14,413	7,327	7,086
6	98	^**Special classification provisions	14,265	2,294	11,971
7	94	Furniture, Lamps and Prefabricated buildings	14,123	3,551	10,572
8	48	Paper and paperboard	12,339	5,535	6,804
9	73	Articles of iron or steel	10,205	4,911	5,294
10	44	Wood and articles	8,663	2,171	6,492
		Total, top ten commodities	321,753	151,860	169,894
		Top ten share of all commodities (percent)	71	71	71
		Total, all commodities	452,953	215,247	237,706

U.S.-Canada Trade

Rank	Commodity Code	Description	Total	Exports	Imports
1	87	Motor vehicles and parts	59,496	29,575	29,921
2	84	^*Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and parts	43,154	27,934	15,221
3	85	Electrical machinery and equipment and parts	21,099	13,788	7,311
4	39	Plastics and articles thereof	12,580	6,151	6,429
5	98	^**Special classification provisions	9,750	1,891	7,859
6	48	Paper and paperboard	9,665	3,558	6,106
7	94	Furniture; Bedding, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; Lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; Illuminated signs, illuminated nameplates and the like; Prefabricated buildings	8,088	2,615	5,473
8	44	Wood and articles	7,910	1,735	6,175
9	73	Articles of iron or steel	6,579	3,025	3,553
10	76	Aluminum and articles thereof	6,005	2,348	3,658
		Total, top ten commodities	184,326	92,620	91,706
		Top ten share of all commodities (percent)	69	68	69
		Total, all commodities	268,660	135,897	132,762

U.S.-Mexico Trade

Rank	Commodity Code	Description	Total	Exports	Imports
1	85	Electrical machinery and equipment and parts	56,182	20,597	35,585
2	84	^*Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and parts	32,737	15,558	17,179
3	87	Motor vehicles and parts	13,870	5,432	8,438
4	90	Measuring and testing instruments	9,034	3,248	5,786
5	39	Plastics and articles thereof	8,627	7,036	1,591
6	94	Furniture, Lamps and Prefabricated buildings	6,035	936	5,099
7	98	^**Special classification provisions	4,515	404	4,112
8	62	Not knitted or crocheted apparel	4,204	469	3,735
9	73	Seeds, fruit, plants, straw and fodder	3,627	1,886	1,741
10	61	Knitted or crocheted apparel	2,824	547	2,277
		Total, top ten commodities	141,654	56,112	85,542
		Top ten share of all commodities (percent)	77	71	82
		Total, all commodities	184,293	79,349	104,944

NOTES: NAFTA = North American Free Trade Agreement; U.S. NAFTA partners are Canada and Mexico.

^*"Nuclear reactors and parts" is a very small portion of trade under this commodity grouping (HS 84). The majority of trade for this commodity is computer-related machinery and parts.

^**Special classification provisions" is primarily made up of U.S. goods exported and returned without having been improved in value or condition for imports and an estimate of low value shipments for exports.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Transborder Freight Data as of April 2005.

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Table A-5 Truck: Top 10 Commodities by Value for U.S.-NAFTA Partner Trade by Truck: 2004