This Report Tracks the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Trans-Border Freight Data

Trans-Border Data

The Transborder Freight Dataset: North American merchandise trade data by commodity type, by surface mode of transportation (rail, truck, pipeline, mail and other), and with geographic detail for United States (U.S.) exports to and imports from Canada and Mexico. These data, available since April 1993, are a subset of official U.S. international merchandise trade data (

The Border Crossing/Entry Data: Incoming monthly border crossing/entry data for vehicles, containers, passengers and pedestrians. These data represent activity at the port level on the U.S.-Canadian and U.S.-Mexican land border and international ferry crossings. The data is provided to BTS by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection.

The reports noted below have repackaged these data to specifically address a number of different aspects of border crossing and Customs port activity, in terms of historical trends, annual comparisons, and flow: to, from, and through NYS.

Historical Trend Document (BorderStates1995-2006.pdf)

This report tracks the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Trans-Border Freight Data from 1995-2006 and incoming vehicles from 1995-2005 (as of this time 2006 data for incoming vehicles is not available). The report provides a single reference document for New York’s perspective on BTS data. Included in the document are statistics on US trade with Canada and Mexico, NY trade, NY border trade with Canada, Trade through a NY port on the NY-Canadian border, Import trade and Export trade. The user is encouraged to read the introduction and familiarize themselves with both maps 1 and 2.

Two Year Trend Comparison Document(05-06Borderreport.pdf)

This document provides a 2 year comparison of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Trans-Border Freight Data. The document allows the user to see changes for the period shown. Included in the document are statistics on US trade with Canada and Mexico, NY trade, NY border trade with Canada, Trade through a NY port on the NY-Canadian border, Import trade and Export trade. The user is encouraged to read the introduction and familiarize themselves with both maps 1 and 2.