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Bureau of Transportation Statistics

International Transportation

Data Program

July 28, 2011

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Presentation Outline

North American TransBorder Freight Data, including Transshipment Data Border Crossing/Entry Data International Freight Data System Transportation Data Exchanges Binational Groups Working to Improve Border Transportation Special Reports

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North American TransBorder Freight Data

Transportation data for U.S. freight trade with Canada and Mexico by all modes of transportation (rail, truck, pipeline, air, vessel, and other).

Official data for U.S. trade with Canada and Mexico for shipments that entered or exited the United States.

Data are acquired from the U.S. Census Bureau and are a detailed subset of official U.S. International Trade Statistics.

Contain freight flow data by commodity type and by mode of transportation.

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Provides data for many uses, including trade corridor studies, transportation infrastructure planning, marketing and logistics plans.

Data users include internal U.S. DOT customers, State DOTs, metropolitan planning organizations, foreign governments, consultants and academics.

Data set began after the implementation of the North American Free Trade Act in 1994.

Monthly data are available from April 1994 onwards: http://www.bts.gov/programs/international/transborder/.

North American TransBorder Freight Data

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North American TransBorder Freight Data Cross-Tabulations

Coverage:□ U.S. States□ Canadian Provinces and

Territories□ Mexican States

Port:□ Land Ports□ Airports □ Seaports

Time Period: □ April 1994 – April 2011

Interval: □ Monthly

Commodities: □ 99 (at 2-digit Harmonized Tariff

System code)

Modes: □ Truck, Rail, Pipeline, Air,

Vessel, Mail, Foreign Trade Zones, Other and Unknown

Trade Type: □ Export, Import and Total Trade

Measure: □ Value□ Weight (imports)

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North American TransBorder Freight Data Query

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North American TransBorder Freight Data Enhancements

Timeline

2004 - Air and Vessel data added

2009 - Interactive line charts added

June 2010 - Mapping added

June 2011 - Transshipment data added

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U.S.-Canada Truck Exports and Imports Trend Line, April 1994 – March 2011

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, TransBorder Freight Data.

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U.S. Exports to Canada by Truck - 1995

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U.S. Exports to Canada by Truck - 2009

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Transshipments Through Canada or Mexico

Transshipments are shipments of merchandise from a country of origin to a country of ultimate destination through an intermediary country.

The BTS transshipment data depict the dollar value of shipments that travel between the U.S. and other countries through Canada or Mexico, as well as the weight of imported goods.

Annual transshipment data from 2006 to 2010 can be found on the BTS web site at: http://www.bts.gov/programs/international/transborder/TBDR_TS/TBDR_TS_Index.html

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Transshipments Through Canada or Mexico Query

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Border Crossing/Entry Data

Contains data on the entry of vehicles, containers, passengers and pedestrians into the United States at land borders.

The data are received periodically from Customs and Border Protection (CBP). BTS resolves any missing and atypical data by contacting individual ports of entry. Provides data for many uses, including Coordinated Border Infrastructure Program

apportionments, border region planning, transportation infrastructure planning and economic development efforts.

Selected data are published in the Statistical Abstract of the United States. Data users include internal U.S. DOT customers, State DOTs, metropolitan planning

organizations, foreign governments, consultants and academics.

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Border Crossing/Entry Data

Searchable database available online at: http://www.bts.gov/programs/international/transborder/TBDR_BC/TBDR_BC_Index.html

Border Crossing data are available in the following categories: □ trucks,□ truck containers (empty and full), □ trains,□ rail containers (empty and full), □ train passengers, □ personal vehicles, □ passengers in personal vehicles, □ buses, □ bus passengers, and □ pedestrians.

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Border Crossing/Entry Data Query

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Border Crossing/Entry Data Query

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North American Transportation Statistics Interchange (NATS Interchange)

A forum for Canada, Mexico and the United States to exchange information on transportation data activities and coordinate joint projects.

The NATS Interchange has produced the North American Transportation Statistics On-Line Database (NATS-OD) at: http://nats.sct.gob.mx/ □ The three countries provide comparable data series□ 12 categories of data elements are:

▪ Updated annually, and▪ Emphasis on adding new indicators

BTS is a founding member of the NATS Interchange – in the early 1990s Annual meetings in May or June BTS and the U.S. Census Bureau hosts the NATS Interchange in Washington, DC

every three years.□ Canada hosted the 2010 NATS Interchange□ Mexico hosted in 2011 NATS Interchange□ The U.S. will host the 2012 NATS Interchange

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NATS-OD Website

North American Transportation Statistics Interchange United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) International Transport Forum

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United Nations Economic Commission for Europe - Working Party on Transport Statistics

The United States is a member of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE).

BTS traditionally participates in the UNECE Working Party on Transport Statistics. The UNECE Working Party on Transport Statistics meets every May, June or July in

Geneva, Switzerland. Common Questionnaire – Joint transportation data gathering program (with the

International Transport Forum and Eurostat – the European Union’s statistical agency):□ Railway transport□ Road transport□ Navigable inland waterways□ Gas and oil pipelines□ Vehicle-kilometers of road transport□ Buses and coaches

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International Transport Forum

The United States became a member of the International Transport Forum (ITF) in 2006. The ITF is an extension of the former European Conference of Ministers of Transport.□ The ITF is one of the agencies that

receives data from the Common Questionnaire.

Data Collection Efforts include:□ Transport Trends

▪ Freight Transport▪ Passenger Transport▪ Road Injury Accidents▪ Containers Loaded and

Unloaded in Seaports▪ Coastal Shipping…

□ Short Term Trends Survey▪ Rail▪ Road▪ Water▪ Economic data

□ Investment in Transport Infrastructure▪ Total Gross Investment▪ Maintenance Expenditures

Data are available at:

http://www.internationaltransportforum.org/statistics/

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International Freight Data System

BTS and partner U.S. DOT agencies are participating in the Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Automated Commercial Environment/International Trade Data System (ACE/ITDS) project to re-engineer import and export data collection.

International Freight Data System (IFDS) Partner agencies:□ Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)□ National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)□ Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)□ Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA)□ Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)□ Maritime Administration (MARAD)□ Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA)

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International Freight Data System

The International Freight Data System (IFDS) will serve as the U.S. DOT portal into the Government-wide Automated Commercial Environment/ International Trade Data System (ACE/ITDS).

ACE/ITDS is led by Customs and Border Protection with the participation of 46 Federal agencies. When fully implemented, ACE/ITDS will be a single window of contact between the Federal Government and private sector.

IFDS will provide a wide variety of trade and transportation data to internal and external users.

U.S. DOT agencies expect to link e-manifest (all modes) data with entry and entry summary data for better geographic representation of imports followed by exports.

Projected IFDS Phase 1 completion – 2012

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Led by the Federal Highway Administration and Transport Canada. BTS is a key player on the Trade and Traffic Data Subcommittee, which is involved in:

▪ Traffic Counting▪ Transborder Origin-Destination Surveys▪ Border Wait Time Studies▪ New Technologies

TBWG Border Crossing Database:

http://www.thetbwg.org/ObicSearch.aspx?lang=1 Other TBWG Subcommittees:

□ Border Infrastructure Coordination Subcommittee□ Technology Subcommittee□ Policy Subcommittee

U.S.-Canada Transportation Border Working Group (TBWG)

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TBWG Border Crossing Database

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Led by the Federal Highway Administration and Mexico’s Ministry of Communications and Transport.

The Joint Working Committee (JWC) seeks to Establish methods and procedures to analyze current and future transportation

infrastructure needs Evaluate transportation demand and infrastructure impacts resulting from future

changes in land transportation traffic. The committee has many projects involving the development of border wait time data

at different ports of entry.

U.S.-Mexico Joint Working Committee on Transportation Planning

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Upcoming Reports: Brazil: Transportation Highlights U.S. Imports From Mexico: Top U.S. Destination States in 2010 U.S. Imports From Canada: Top U.S. Destination States in 2010

Completed Reports Include: A Decade of Decline in Person Crossings From Mexico and Canada Into the United

States U.S. – China Trade Growth and America’s Transportation System U.S. – East Africa Trade and Transportation

International Transportation Special Reports

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A Decade of Decline in Persons Crossing From Mexico and Canada into the United States

This special report profiles a 37 percent decline in person entering the U.S. between 2000 and 2009. □ A 40 percent drop at the Canadian

Border□ A 36 percent drop at the Mexican

Border 75 percent of the 252 million people

entering the U.S. by land crossings in 2009 entered via the Mexican Border and 25 percent via the Canadian Border.

77 percent of the people entering the U.S. by land crossings were in personal vehicles – another 16 percent were pedestrians.

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U.S.–China Trade Growth and America’s Transportation System

Between 1989 and 2006, the value of U.S. imports from China increased by 2,300 percent and the value of U.S. exports to China increased by 851 percent.

The rate of growth increased after China became a member of the World Trade Organization in 2001.

An average growth rate of 21.4 percent a year in twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) between 1998 and 2006.

In 2006, 79 percent of imports from China shipped by vessel entered the U.S. via west coast ports.

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Maritime Vessels Carry More Than Half of Growing U.S.–East Africa Trade

There were are combined $1.3 billion in U.S. exports in 2007 to five East African nations:□ Burundi□ Kenya□ Rwanda□ Tanzania □ Uganda

Modal breakdown of 2007 U.S. – East African trade:□ 57 percent by vessel□ 22 percent by air□ 21 percent by other modes – mostly

U.S. shipments of aircraft to Kenya (the aircraft itself is the commodity being shipped)

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Steven Beningo

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

RTS-34, Room E34-469

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE

Washington, DC 20590

Steven.Beningo@dot.gov

(202) 366-9683

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