Table 16. Top 6 Countries by U.S. Travel Receipts: 2000

(Millions of dollars)

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Table 8. Canada-U.S./U.S.-Canada Travel by Mode of Transportation

(Thousands of roundtrips)

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Figure 7. Currency Exchange Rates: 1990 - 2000

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SOURCE: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics Yearbook 2000 (Washington, DC: 2001).

Conclusion: Where Freight and Passengers Meet

The dominant gateways on the U.S.-Canadian and U.S.-Mexican borders serve as both passenger and freight crossing points. The border ports of Detroit, Michigan, and Buffalo, New York, were the busiest land gateways for travel in personal vehicles...

Map 2. Border-Crossing Facilities Between California and Mexico

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SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, North American Transportation Atlas Data 1998 and National Transportation Atlas Database 2001.

Table 14. Top 15 Countries for Overnight Travel to the United States: 2000

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Figure 4. Modal Shares of U.S. NAFTA-Partner Merchandise Trade by Value and Weight: 2000

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SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, special tabulation, April 2001; based on: total trade, air and waterU.S. Department...

Box 2. International Travel Data

Data in this section are from multiple sources that use different time series. Total international travel data cited here include both same-day and overnight trips, and are derived from travel surveys conducted by Canada and Mexico as well as regulatory data...

Table 5. Top 20 NAFTA Border Truck Crossings into the United States: 1997 and 2000

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North American Trade and Travel Trends

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