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07 International Merchandise Trade

Table 7 - 1
International Merchandise Trade By Mode
(Current value, in millions of U. S. Dollars)
 
 
 
 
CanadaCanada
Hierarchies1990 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008p
Level of indent Total international merchandise trade 241,885 355,450 372,853 412,470 415,905 454,845 518,586 482,553 474,626 511,668 588,918 672,282 734,458 797,609r 860,286
Level of indent Exports 125,136 191,101 202,288 215,310 214,715 239,205 278,221 260,967 252,414 271,910 316,575 359,562 387,610 419,033r 453,645
Level of indent Imports 116,749 164,349 170,565 197,161 201,191 215,640 240,365 221,586 222,212 239,758 272,343 312,720 346,848 378,576r 406,641
Level of indent Air, total trade 19,191 33,349 35,724 41,476 42,253 48,363 60,557 53,550 47,896 51,548 61,012 70,644 79,464 89,655 94,874
Level of indent Exports 8,736 13,273 13,875 15,218 15,823 18,356 24,279 22,246 19,991 22,841 26,512 31,428 34,901 37,924 40,790
Level of indent Imports 10,456 20,076 21,849 26,258 26,430 30,007 36,278 31,304 27,904 28,707 34,500 39,216 44,563 51,731 54,084
Level of indent Water, total trade 50,406 63,040 61,346 60,961 53,612 56,199 69,311 63,954 65,686 76,733 90,442 107,273 126,725 148,548r 183,329
Level of indent Exports 29,608 34,314 33,272 33,359 27,536 27,363 31,686 29,139 29,357 34,131 41,857 49,961 60,564 75,734r 90,327
Level of indent Imports 20,799 28,725 28,074 27,602 26,076 28,836 37,625 34,815 36,329 42,602 48,585 57,313 66,161 72,814r 93,002
Level of indent Road, total trade 126,945 192,440 206,520 234,275 249,419 268,974 286,691 262,503 265,327 271,333 304,605 333,976 358,964 376,849r 367,064
Level of indent Exports 61,660 90,797 100,001 108,713 116,605 126,828 137,159 126,454 127,163 125,898 143,484 155,527 163,770 167,786r 159,306
Level of indent Imports 65,286 101,643 106,519 125,562 132,813 142,146 149,532 136,050 138,164 145,435 161,121 178,449 195,193 209,063r 207,758
Level of indent Rail, total trade 28,002 50,961 49,552 55,201 52,456 61,347 66,907 64,974 65,435 69,274 79,790 85,856 91,939 98,267r 98,976
Level of indent Exports 17,969 38,448 37,498 39,567 38,333 47,748 51,365 49,179 48,767 51,783 60,239 63,171 66,485 69,164 66,661
Level of indent Imports 10,033 12,513 12,054 15,633 14,123 13,599 15,543 15,795 16,669 17,491 19,551 22,685 25,454 29,103r 32,316
Level of indent Pipeline, total trade U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U
Level of indent Exports U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U
Level of indent Imports U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U
Level of indent Other, total trade 17,340 15,660 19,711 20,557 18,165 19,961 35,120 37,571 30,282 42,780 53,068 74,534 77,366 84,290r 115,966
Level of indent Exports 7,164 14,269 17,642 18,452 16,418 18,910 33,733 33,949 27,137 37,257 44,483 59,475 61,890 68,425r 96,562
Level of indent Imports 10,175 1,391 2,069 2,105 1,747 1,051 1,387 3,622 3,146 5,523 8,585 15,058 15,476 15,866r 19,403
 
 
MexicoMexico
Hierarchies1990 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008p
Level of indent Total international merchandise trade U U 185,469 220,239 242,912 278,337 340,579 327,176 329,725 335,312 384,809r 436,053 505,983 553,824 599,946
Level of indent Exports U U 96,000 110,431 117,539 136,362 166,121 158,780 161,046 164,766 187,999r 214,233 249,925 271,875 291,343
Level of indent Imports U U 89,469 109,808 125,373 141,975 174,458 168,396 168,679 170,546 196,810 221,820 256,058 281,949 308,603
Level of indent Air, total trade U U 10,029 14,100 18,572 20,600 27,752 24,448 21,664 20,069 24,180 26,138 29,647 33,117 35,681
Level of indent Exports U U 3,859 5,119 7,055 7,241 10,018 9,378 7,643 6,174 7,032 7,935 8,693 10,285 11,821
Level of indent Imports U U 6,170 8,981 11,517 13,359 17,734 15,070 14,021 13,895 17,148 18,203 20,954 22,832 23,860
Level of indent Water, total trade U U 32,222 36,509 37,056 40,480 53,304 47,020 49,191 56,209 70,469 92,663 114,813 132,391 158,318
Level of indent Exports U U 20,888 22,165 19,154 20,480 27,775 21,945 23,920 28,308 35,392 47,236 59,544 68,130 81,352
Level of indent Imports U U 11,334 14,344 17,902 20,000 25,529 25,075 25,271 27,901 35,077 45,427 55,269 64,261 76,966
Level of indent Road, total trade U U 112,009 135,945 158,681 184,005 209,533 199,252 201,127 204,291 234,693r 258,864 293,126 312,281 323,217
Level of indent Exports U U 56,277 68,018 78,077 91,991 105,951 102,113 105,551 108,396 123,811r 136,408 153,721 163,242 168,707
Level of indent Imports U U 55,732 67,927 80,604 92,014 103,582 97,139 95,576 95,895 110,882r 122,456 139,405 149,039 154,510
Level of indent Rail, total trade U U 19,740 20,734 19,637 23,701 31,332 17,759 21,495 22,348 26,044r 31,315 41,846r 44,325 47,303
Level of indent Exports U U 14,196 14,080 13,076 16,511 21,737 9,400 12,692 13,272 14,612r 18,210 26,376r 27,005 26,378
Level of indent Imports U U 5,544 6,654 6,561 7,190 9,595 8,359 8,803 9,076 11,432r 13,105 15,470r 17,320 20,925
Level of indent Pipeline, total trade U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U
Level of indent Exports U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U
Level of indent Imports U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U
Level of indent Other, total trade U U 11,469 12,951r 8,966 9,551 18,658 38,697 36,248 32,395 29,423r 27,073 26,551r 31,710 35,427
Level of indent Exports U U 780 1,049 177 139r 640 15,944 11,240 8,616 7,152r 4,444 1,591r 3,213 3,085
Level of indent Imports U U 10,689 11,902r 8,789 9,412r 18,018 22,753 25,008 23,779 22,271r 22,629 24,960 28,497 32,342
 
 
United StatesUnited States
Hierarchies1990 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Level of indent Total international merchandise trade 889,004r 1,326,536 1,414,142 1,557,811 1,594,359 1,717,587 1,997,307 1,872,985 1,856,806 1,983,139 2,287,607 2,575,320 2,892,262 3,116,407 3,400,277
Level of indent Exports 392,976 583,031 622,827 687,598 680,474 692,821 780,419 731,026 693,257 723,743 817,936 904,380 1,037,143 1,162,708 1,300,136
Level of indent Imports 496,028 743,505 791,315 870,213 913,885 1,024,766 1,216,888 1,141,959 1,163,549 1,259,396 1,469,671 1,670,940 1,855,119 1,953,699 2,100,141
Level of indent Air, total trade 201,383 355,333r 382,059r 432,504r 442,065 495,533 592,998 518,601 498,498 523,343 599,427 652,091 730,993 781,226 805,574
Level of indent Exports 110,471 181,094 196,182 219,751 217,583 236,650 284,356 251,494 225,322 235,602 270,040 292,970 336,536 365,965 388,347
Level of indent Imports 90,912 174,239 185,877 212,753 224,482 258,883 308,642 267,107 273,176 287,741 329,387 359,120 394,458 415,261 417,227
Level of indent Water, total trade 434,233 572,512 591,171 625,576 614,490r 631,555 739,964r 718,448 729,127 811,086 958,585 1,120,959 1,279,456 1,398,949 1,623,863
Level of indent Exports 150,827 215,907 221,252 224,717 200,998 182,211 199,069 198,841 191,062 206,205 233,639 261,519 308,356 375,152 471,536
Level of indent Imports 283,406 356,606 369,919 400,859 413,492 449,344 540,895 519,607 538,065 604,881 724,946 859,440 971,100 1,023,796 1,152,328
Level of indent Road, total trade N N N 323,297 349,978 385,413 428,700 395,425 397,763 404,035 452,953 490,526 533,658 554,831 554,434
Level of indent Exports N N N 166,766 175,238 190,064 212,215 191,918 189,184 194,786 215,247 234,563 276,348 287,441 278,857
Level of indent Imports N N N 156,531 174,740 195,349 216,485 203,507 208,579 209,249 237,706 255,963 257,310 267,390 275,577
Level of indent Rail, total trade N N N 69,844 67,872 78,414 94,197 92,617 91,875 95,724 108,360 116,458 128,871 137,859 140,424
Level of indent Exports N N N 18,904 18,468 17,465 23,442 23,362 24,117 26,041 30,229 35,070 39,749 44,837 51,403
Level of indent Imports N N N 50,940 49,404 60,949 70,755 69,255 67,758 69,683 78,131 81,388 89,122 93,022 89,022
Level of indent Pipeline, total trade N N N 14,132 11,289 12,315 23,592 26,427 22,575 32,366 38,499 51,704 56,808 59,306 87,775
Level of indent Exports N N N 249 167 258 463 517 742 915 1,671 2,937 2,887 4,122 5,564
Level of indent Imports N N N 13,883 11,122 12,057 23,129 25,910 21,833 31,451 36,828 48,766 53,921 55,184 82,212
Level of indent Other, total trade N N N 92,458 108,665 114,357 117,856 121,467 116,968 116,585 129,783 143,583 162,476 184,237 188,207
Level of indent Exports N N N 57,211 68,020 66,173 60,874 64,894 62,830 60,194 67,110 77,321 73,267 85,191 104,429
Level of indent Imports N N N 35,247 40,645 48,184 56,982 56,573 54,138 56,391 62,673 66,262 89,208 99,045 83,776
 
 
Key
N = Data are nonexistent
p = Data are preliminary
r = Data are revised
U = Data are unavailable
 
 
Notes
Canada

For imports, the mode of transport information represents the last mode of transport by which the cargo was transported to
the port of clearance in Canada. This may not be the mode of transport by which the cargo arrived at the Canadian port of entry if the cargo are cleared by Canadian Customs at an inland port.

Exports by land modes of transportation in this table represents Canadian trade with a second country that were transshipped via a third country, generally the United States. For exports, the mode of transport information represents the mode of transport by which the international boundary is crossed. For Canadian exports via the United States to other overseas countries, the mode reported would be the mode used to cross the Canadian/U.S. border.

In this table and for both import and export shipments, the category of Other is, for the most part, pipeline movements. Other also includes mail and parcel post and other miscellaneous modes of transport.

Mexico

For imports, the mode of transport information refers to the used at the time the cargo arrived to the country.

 

For exports, the mode of transport information represents the mode of transport used when crossing the border to leave the country.

 

The value for total trade are definitive, meanwhile figures for mode of transport are preliminary. Note that the information corresponding to pipeline are included in Other, total trade, which includes postal services and other modes.

 

 

 
Sources
Canada

Transport Canada. Economic Analysis Directorate, adapted from Statistics Canada International Trade Data (Ottawa, Ont.: 2009).

US/Canada Exchange Rates (Yearly average) 1990, 1995-96: International Monetary Fund. International Financial Statistics Yearbook, 2001 (Ottawa, Ont.: 2002).

US/Canada Exchange Rates (Yearly average) 1997-2008: Bank of Canada Website on Exchange rates (Ottawa, Ont.: 2009).
   

Mexico

Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía, Dirección General de Estadísticas Económicas. Based on data developed through an interagency working group including Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público, Banco de México, Secretaría de Economía and Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. (México City.:various years).

United States

Total, Air, and Water trade: U.S. Department of Commerce. U.S. Census Bureau. Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Exports of Merchandise CD and U.S. Imports of Merchandise CD (Washington, DC: various years’ December issues).  Starting 2006: U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Statistics, FT920: U.S. Merchandise Trade: Selected Highlights, Exhibit 2 and Exhibit 8, available at http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/statistics/index.html.

Road, rail, and pipeline: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, TransBorder Freight Data, available at http://www.bts.gov/itt as of July 2009.

Other total trade: is calculated by subtracting all modes including the value of all other modes from U.S.-NAFTA trade from the total value of export and import of U.S. international merchandize trade.
 
 
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