By 2015, Nebraska’s domestic exports by truck to states in the Ports-to-Plains region are projected to grow 68% from 2002 reaching a value of $8.1 billion. Texas ($2.8 billion), South Dakota ($2.0 billion) and Colorado ($1.8 billion) are the largest domestic export markets.
Internationally, Canada was the destination for $1.4 billion of Nebraska exports by truck in 2011. That market has grown 167% since 2004. On the northern border, the border crossings of Sweetgrass MT, Wild Horse MT, Raymond MT and Portal ND are used to evaluate the role of Ports-to-Plains on these total truck values. Exports through those border crossings have grown significantly faster than the total trade by truck, reaching 279% since 2004. The market share of Nebraska truck trade exports to Canada using the Ports-to-Plains region has grown more than 7.3% since 2004. Specifically the Raymond MT border crossing has seen an increase of over 1,217% since 2004, while Portal ND has seen an increase in Nebraska truck exports of over 442%. The Canada data breaks this down to the specific border crossings and provides a top ten listing for the commodities moved by surface transportation to Canada as well as similar lists with the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan.
In 2011, while a significantly smaller market, Nebraska exported a total of $438 million of goods to Mexico by truck. This market grew, however, by over 234% since 2004. Summarizing the role of the border crossings of Del Rio, Eagle Pass and Laredo to evaluate the role of Ports-to-Plains on these total truck values, shows an increase in the role of the backbone corridor in export trade. The included data summarizes this role under PTP. In 2011, Nebraska exports by truck through these three border crossings accounted for over 73% of its total truck exports to Mexico. This percentage of market share has grown 22% since 2004. This value has grown 378% since 2004. The included data breaks this down to the specific border crossings and provides a top ten listing for the commodities moved by surface transportation to Mexico as well as similar lists with the Mexico states of Coahuila, Nuevo Laredo and Tamaulipas.
In summary, truck exports from Nebraska, domestically and internationally, to Canada and Mexico continue to grow in value and the market share using the border crossings served by the corridor continues to grow. To see the full data, look at the information below.
This data is designed to give a measurable picture of the role the Ports-to-Plains Corridor plays in the movement of freight to Mexico and Canada and domestically north through the other eight states of the Ports-to-Plains region. It will be clear that this role is not just for communities along the backbone corridor, but is based on the probability that as freight moves on a north-south axis through the region, at some point, it will travel on the backbone corridor. These numbers address only the goods that are initiated within Nebraska and do not address the intra-state movements, the movements of goods through the region from other states, the movement of imports, nor the goods that move through the region between Mexico and Canada.
The international trade data comes from Bureau of Transportation Statistics North American Transborder Freight Data. The domestic data is from the Freight Analysis Framework by Center for Transportation Analysis in the Oak Ridge National Laboratory under funding from the Federal Highway Administration.
Link to PDF of Data
Monday, November 26, 2012 at 4:00PM