Surface Trade Volume Up With Canada and Mexico
Exports sent by truck and rail to two of the United States’ larger trading partners, Canada and Mexico, were up 12.7 percent in November 2011 compared with the same period the year before.
The amount of goods exported in November to Canada totaled $44.3 billion. Goods exported to Mexico reached $32.4 billion, according to the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
Surface transportation includes freight movements by truck, rail and pipeline. In November, 84.8 percent of U.S. trade with Canada and Mexico moved by land. Another 10.8 percent was transported by ship, and 4.4 percent was sent by air.
Michigan led all the states in November in exporting goods by land to Canada, sending $5.7 billion in merchandise, up 26.7 percent from November 2010.
Texas continued to lead the states in exporting goods to Mexico, with a total of $11.2 billion sent over land in November, a 9.5 percent bump from the previous year.—D.B.
