Modal Shares of U.S. Trade With Canada and Mexico: 2023

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This pie chart illustrates trade between the United States and Canada in short tons. The total short tons equals 448.2 million. From highest to lowest percent, the modes shown are pipeline (44.9 percent), vessel (20.7 percent), rail (18.3 percent), Truck (14.1 percent), other (1.9 percent), and air (0.1 percent).

This pie chart illustrates trade between the United States and Mexico in short tons. The total short tons equals 203.6 million. From highest to lowest percent, the modes shown are vessel (60.0 percent), truck (30.2 percent), rail (9.2 percent), other (0.4 percent), pipeline (0.1 percent), and air (0.1 percent).

Dataset Excel:

F3-05 Modal Shares of U.S. Trade with Canada and Mexico 2023.xlsx (31.24 KB)

Notes:

Other includes imports into free-trade zones, mail, and unknown.

Description:

This graph is from the 2024 Transportation Statistics Annual Report.

Source:

U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Transborder Freight Data, available at https://data.bts.gov/stories/s/myhq-rm6q as of August 2024.

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