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Border Crossing/Entry Data: Data Sources

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BTS provides monthly border crossing/entry data for the U.S.-Canadian and the U.S.-Mexican border at the port level Customs and Border Protection collects border crossing/entry data at land and ferry ports of entry Count data for trucks, trains, containers...

Border Crossing/Entry Data

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Count data for vehicles, containers, passengers and pedestrians entering the United States through land ports and ferry crossings on the U.S.-Canadian and U.S.-Mexican border

Monthly and Annual data since 1995 Port and State Data New data added...

Freight Analysis Framework

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The Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA’s) Freight Analysis Framework (FAF) integrates data from a variety of sources to create a comprehensive picture of freight movement among states and major metropolitan areas by all modes of transportation. ...

TransBorder Freight Data Latest Activities

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BTS is beginning work to migrate TransBorder Freight Data into Tableau (data visualization software) Easier data uploading More visualization options for users Extended our Interagency Agreement with Census through February 28,...

Transshipment Interface

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Search by port and commodity Pie charts Top 10, Top 20, etc. lists Value to weight ratios for imports Data indexed to inflation Download raw data Trend analysis

Transshipment Data

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Transshipments are shipments of merchandise from a country of origin to a country of ultimate destination through an intermediary country. BTS transshipment data are annual data that provide information on U.S. international merchandise transshipped through an...

Data Tabulation and Limitations

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Data can be tabulated by:

State and Port State and Commodity Port and Commodity   Cannot combine all three - State, Port and Commodity in TransBorder, however these can now be combined in the Freight Analysis Framework, Version 4...

Data Elements

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Mode of Transportation Value Weight (U.S. imports only) Commodity Classification (2-digit Harmonized Tariff System) State and Province in U.S., Canada and Mexico Port of Entry or Exit Freight Charges (raw data only)

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TransBorder Freight Data

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Data collected as part of required import and export trade filing. Census extracts and tabulates the TransBorder Freight Data from the official U.S. foreign trade statistics for BTS. TransBorder Freight Data are the exclusive source of trade data by land...