Bureau of Transportation Statistics

1. Bureau of Transportation Statistics International Transportation Data Program July 28, 2011

2. 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

3. 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.

4. North American TransBorder Freight Data • 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/.

5. 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)

6. North American TransBorder Freight Data Query

7. 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

8. 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.

9. U.S. Exports to Canada by Truck - 1995

10. U.S. Exports to Canada by Truck - 2009

11. 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

12. Transshipments Through Canada or Mexico Query

13. 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.

14. 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.

15. Border Crossing/Entry Data Query

16. Border Crossing/Entry Data Query

17. 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

18. NATS-OD Website • North American Transportation Statistics Interchange • United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) • International Transport Forum

19. 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

20. 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/

21. 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)

22. 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

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

24. TBWG Border Crossing Database

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

26. International Transportation Special Reports 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

27. 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.

28. 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.

29. 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)

30. Contact Information 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