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Creators:
Sprung, Michael J.
Corporate Creators:
United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Subject/TRT Terms:
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Economic Growth
Freight Traffic
Freight Transportation
International Trade
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

Publication/ Report Number:
SR-001
Series:
BTS Special Reports and Issue Briefs
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.21949/1501492
Resource Type:
Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:
United States ; Mexico ; Canada
United States ; Mexico ; Canada Less -
Corporate Publisher:
United States. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology Administration
Abstract:
Freight Transportation between the United States and our North American Free Trade Agreement partners – Canada and Mexico – continues to grow at a strong pace. In 2006, the U.S. transportation system carried goods for export worth $364 billion and imports worth $502 billion in trade with Canada and Mexico. Transporting this merchandise requires an enormous amount of transportation equipment – trucks, railcars, aircraft, pipeline, and maritime vessels plus millions of containers. Between 1996 and 2006, U.S. merchandise freight with our NAFTA partners more than doubled in value, increasing from $419 billion to $866 billion. In 2006, imports accounted for over half (58 percent) of this freight activity, slightly up from 55 percent in 1996. Growth in this trade, whether outbound exports or inbound imports, results in higher levels of international freight movement and the demand for expanded freight transportation services in the United States.
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BTS Products
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