Bureau of Transportation Statistics International Transportation Data Program

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

Presentation Outline § § § North American Trans. Border 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

North American Trans. Border 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. 3

North American Trans. Border 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/.

North American Trans. Border Freight Data Cross-Tabulations § Coverage: □ □ □ U. S. States Canadian Provinces and Territories Mexican States § Commodities: □ § Modes: □ § Port: □ □ □ Land Ports Airports Seaports § Time Period: □ April 1994 – April 2011 § Interval: □ 99 (at 2 -digit Harmonized Tariff System code) Truck, Rail, Pipeline, Air, Vessel, Mail, Foreign Trade Zones, Other and Unknown § Trade Type: □ Export, Import and Total Trade § Measure: □ □ Value Weight (imports) Monthly 5

North American Trans. Border Freight Data Query 6

North American Trans. Border Freight Data Enhancements Timeline § 2004 - Air and Vessel data added § 2009 - Interactive line charts added § June 2010 - Mapping added § June 2011 - Transshipment data added 7

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, Trans. Border Freight Data. 8

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

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

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_Index. html 11

Transshipments Through Canada or Mexico Query 12

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. 13

Border Crossing/Entry Data § Searchable database available online at: http: //www. bts. gov/programs/international/transborder/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, □ bus passengers, and □ pedestrians. 14

Border Crossing/Entry Data Query 15

Border Crossing/Entry Data Query 16

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 1990 s § 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 17

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

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 19

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/ □ 20

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) 21

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 22

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/Obic. Search. aspx? lang=1 § Other TBWG Subcommittees: □ Border Infrastructure Coordination Subcommittee □ Technology Subcommittee □ Policy Subcommittee

TBWG Border Crossing Database

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 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.

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

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. 27

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. 28

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) 29

Contact Information Steven Beningo Bureau of Transportation Statistics RTS-34, Room E 34 -469 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE Washington, DC 20590 Steven. Beningo@dot. gov (202) 366 -9683