The document summarizes Colorado's trading relationships with Mexico from 2004-2010, broken down by transportation method (truck and rail) and key border crossings (Laredo, Eagle Pass, and Del Rio, TX). It shows that over this period, total trade with Mexico decreased 5.6%, with truck trade through Laredo making up the largest share but also showing the largest decline at 25.9%. Rail trade through Eagle Pass had the largest increase at 24.6%.
4. Mexico
Colorado Trading Relationships -- 2004 - 2010
Domestic
Canada
Leading Exports from Colorado to Mexico (Surface Leading Exports from Colorado to Mexico
2010 Transportation) 2010 2010 (Surface Transportation) 2010
Rank Export Rank Coahuila Export
1 2 Meat and edible meat offal $146,096,800 1 31 Fertilizers $4,603,512
2 37 Photographic or cinematographic goods $110,494,807 2 39 Plastics and Articles $1,721,372
3 84 Nuclear reactors; boilers; machinery and mechanical $31,685,882 3 84 Computer-Related Machinery and Parts $1,335,007
4 4 Dairy produce; Birds' eggs; Natural honey; Edible $30,998,995 4 27 Mineral Fuels; Oils and Waxes $1,180,157
5 27 Mineral fuels; mineral oils and products of their $29,608,019 5 73 Articles of Iron and Steel $946,912
6 39 Plastics and articles thereof $17,904,199 6 96 Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles $717,892
7 73 Articles of iron or steel $15,622,790 7 85 Electrical Machinery; Equipment and Parts $717,319
8 76 Aluminum and articles thereof $15,353,274 8 64 Footwear $707,953
9 90 Optical; photographic; cinematographic; measuring; $12,964,430 9 82 Tools of Base Metal $392,426
10 87 Vehicles; other than railway or tramway rolling stock; $12,701,378 10 87 Vehicles Other than Railway $349,743
2010 Leading Imports to Colorado from Mexico (Surface 2010
Rank Import 2010 Leading Exports from Colorado from Mexico 2010
1 87 Vehicles Other than Railway $76,172,265 Nuevo Leon Export
2 40 Rubber and Articles $76,019,703 1 2 Meat and Edible Offal $40,662,217
3 84 Computer-Related Machinery and Parts $67,822,718 2 76 Aluminum and Articles $8,765,124
4 90 Measuring and Testing Instruments $47,178,411 3 84 Computer-Related Machinery and Parts $7,420,199
5 37 Photographic Goods $43,066,434 4 10 Cereals $2,053,959
6 73 Articles of Iron and Steel $40,928,021 5 83 Miscellaneous Articles of Base Metals $1,390,653
7 85 Electrical Machinery; Equipment and Parts $40,736,667 6 85 Electrical Machinery; Equipment and Parts $1,098,956
8 94 Furniture; Lamps and Prefabricated Buildings $25,407,077 7 48 Paper and Paperboard $1,065,237
9 71 Pearls; Stones; Metals and Imitation Jewelry $18,733,855 8 21 Miscellaneous Edible Preparations $806,328
10 72 Iron and Steel $16,790,160 9 39 Plastics and Articles $597,449
10 7 Edible Vegetables and Roots $590,076
2010 Leading Exports from Colorado from Mexico 2010
Tamaulipas Export
1 2 Meat and Edible Offal $7,822,360
2 84 Computer-Related Machinery and Parts $2,044,127
3 56 Wadding; Felt and Nonwovens $999,914
4 48 Paper and Paperboard $856,777
5 96 Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles $646,514
6 73 Articles of Iron and Steel $439,503
7 39 Plastics and Articles $318,262
8 4 Dairy Products $113,976
9 70 Glass $87,135
10 87 Vehicles Other than Railway $78,046
7. Mexico
Colorado Trading Relationships -- 2004 - 2010
Domestic
Canada
2009-
2009-2010 2010 % 2004-2010 2004-2010
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Difference Change Difference % Change
Sweet Grass, MT
Truck Exports $166,037,392 $101,300,639 $126,171,357 $142,233,429 $155,903,677 $119,109,854 $141,927,729 $22,817,875 19.2% -$24,109,663 -14.5%
% of Total Exports to Canada 12.4% 7.1% 8.7% 10.3% 9.7% 10.5% 12.5% 2.0% 0.1%
Imports $166,269,963 $253,011,190 $322,036,110 $554,925,178 $405,452,097 $199,825,669 $190,703,628 -$9,122,041 -4.6% $24,433,665 14.7%
% of Total Imports to Canada 20.6% 24.6% 31.5% 41.4% 37.1% 26.1% 22.6% -3.5% 2.0%
Total Truck Trade Thru Sweet Grass $332,307,355 $354,311,829 $448,207,467 $697,158,607 $561,355,774 $318,935,523 $332,631,357 $222,643,544 4.3% $324,002 0.1%
% Total Trade with Canada 15.5% 14.5% 18.1% 25.7% 20.8% 16.8% 16.8% 0.0% 1.3%
Rail Exports $200,101 $185,912 $3,433,293 $5,441,705 $8,387,930 $12,386,208 $16,958,495 $4,572,287 36.9% $16,758,394 8375.0%
% of Total Exports to Canada 0.3% 0.2% 1.8% 2.9% 2.8% 9.2% 18.5% 9.4% 18.2%
Imports $46,254,973 $43,969,655 $26,082,075 $73,928,126 $24,930,431 $18,069,641 $33,684,411 $15,614,770 86.4% -$12,570,562 -27.2%
% of Total Imports to Canada 9.4% 7.5% 5.4% 14.1% 6.2% 9.0% 14.6% 5.6% 5.2%
Total Rail Trade Thru Sweet Grass $46,455,074 $44,155,567 $29,515,368 $79,369,831 $33,318,361 $30,455,849 $50,642,906 $22,641,928 66.3% $4,187,832 9.0%
% Total Trade with Canada 8.4% 6.5% 4.4% 11.1% 4.7% 9.0% 15.7% 6.7% 7.3%
TOTAL
Exports $166,237,493 $101,486,551 $129,604,650 $147,675,134 $164,291,607 $131,496,062 $158,886,224 $27,390,162 20.8% -$7,351,269 -4.4%
% of Total Exports to Canada 11.9% 6.7% 7.9% 9.4% 8.6% 10.3% 12.9% 2.6% 1.1%
Imports $212,524,936 $296,980,845 $348,118,185 $628,853,304 $430,382,528 $217,895,310 $224,388,039 $6,492,729 3.0% $11,863,103 5.6%
% of Total Imports to Canada 16.4% 18.4% 23.1% 33.7% 28.8% 22.5% 20.9% -1.6% 4.5%
Total Trade Thru Sweet Grass $378,762,429 $398,467,396 $477,722,835 $776,528,438 $594,674,135 $349,391,372 $383,274,263 $245,285,472 9.7% $4,511,834 1.2%
% Total Trade with Canada 14.0% 12.8% 15.2% 22.6% 17.5% 15.6% 16.6% 1.0% 2.6%
Portal, ND
Truck Exports $18,094,321 $49,836,713 $96,311,604 $73,267,550 $176,161,505 $257,015,286 $132,704,744 -$124,310,542 -48.4% $114,610,423 633.4%
% of Total Exports to Canada 1.4% 3.5% 6.7% 5.3% 11.0% 22.6% 11.7% -11.0% 10.3%
Imports $10,975,196 $23,714,096 $20,863,660 $32,653,675 $27,021,253 $16,086,418 $32,207,301 $16,120,883 100.2% $21,232,105 193.5%
% of Total Imports to Canada 1.4% 2.3% 2.0% 2.4% 2.5% 2.1% 3.8% 1.7% 2.5%
Total Truck Trade Thru Portal $29,069,517 $73,550,809 $117,175,264 $105,921,225 $203,182,758 $273,101,704 $164,912,045 -$108,224,124 -39.6% $135,842,528 467.3%
% Total Trade with Canada 1.4% 3.0% 4.7% 3.9% 7.5% 14.4% 8.3% -6.0% 7.0%
Rail Exports $21,863,019 $34,323,996 $30,290,980 $37,310,017 $84,150,181 $30,325,811 $3,937,798 -$26,388,013 -87.0% -$17,925,221 -82.0%
% of Total Exports to Canada 34.7% 38.0% 15.9% 19.6% 27.6% 22.4% 4.3% -18.1% -30.4%
Imports $34,378,309 $8,750,519 $5,731,277 $9,496,557 $18,861,897 $2,819,844 $4,610,480 $1,790,636 63.5% -$29,767,829 -86.6%
% of Total Imports to Canada 7.0% 1.5% 1.2% 1.8% 4.7% 1.4% 2.0% 0.6% -5.0%
Total Rail Trade Thru Portal $56,241,328 $43,074,515 $36,022,257 $46,806,574 $103,012,078 $33,145,655 $8,548,278 -$23,568,169 -74.2% -$47,693,050 -84.8%
% Total Trade with Canada 10.1% 6.3% 5.3% 6.5% 14.6% 9.8% 2.7% -7.2% -7.5%
TOTAL
Exports $39,957,340 $84,160,709 $126,602,584 $110,577,567 $260,311,686 $287,341,097 $136,642,542 -$150,698,555 -52.4% $96,685,202 242.0%
% of Total Exports to Canada 2.9% 5.6% 7.7% 7.1% 13.7% 22.6% 11.1% -11.5% 8.3%
Imports $45,353,505 $32,464,615 $26,594,937 $42,150,232 $45,883,150 $18,906,262 $36,817,781 $17,911,519 94.7% -$8,535,724 -18.8%
% of Total Imports to Canada 3.5% 2.0% 1.8% 2.3% 3.1% 2.0% 3.4% 1.5% -0.1%
Total Trade Thru Portal $85,310,845 $116,625,324 $153,197,521 $152,727,799 $306,194,836 $306,247,359 $173,460,323 -$131,792,293 -43.4% $88,149,478 103.3%
% Total Trade with Canada 3.2% 3.7% 4.9% 4.4% 9.0% 13.7% 7.5% -6.1% 4.4%
8. Mexico
Colorado Trading Relationships -- 2004 - 2010
Domestic
Canada
2009-
2009-2010 2010 % 2004-2010 2004-2010
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Difference Change Difference % Change
Wild Horse
0
Truck Exports $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 #DIV/0! $0 #DIV/0!
% of Total Exports to Canada 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 19.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Imports $61,889 $161,646 $234,364 $114,476 $0 $68,524 $68,524 #DIV/0! $68,524 #DIV/0!
% of Total Imports to Canada 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Total Truck Trade Thru GPITC $0 $61,889 $161,646 $234,364 $114,476 $0 $68,524 $0 #DIV/0! $68,524 #DIV/0!
% Total Trade with Canada 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Rail Exports $0 $0 $0 $0 #DIV/0! $0 #DIV/0!
% of Total Exports to Canada 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Imports $0 $0 $0 $0 #DIV/0! $0 #DIV/0!
% of Total Imports to Canada 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Total Rail Trade Thru GPITC $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 #DIV/0! $0 #DIV/0!
% Total Trade with Canada 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
TOTAL
Exports $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 #DIV/0! $0 #DIV/0!
% of Total Exports to Canada 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Imports $0 $61,889 $161,646 $234,364 $114,476 $0 $68,524 $68,524 #DIV/0! $68,524 #DIV/0!
% of Total Imports to Canada 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Total Trade Thru GPITC $0 $61,889 $161,646 $234,364 $114,476 $0 $68,524 $0 #DIV/0! $68,524 #DIV/0!
% Total Trade with Canada 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
GPITC
#DIV/0!
Truck Exports $186,246,480 $154,954,700 $227,317,099 $226,043,523 $343,225,755 $383,067,528 $280,604,181 -$102,463,347 -26.7% $94,357,701 50.7%
% of Total Exports to Canada 13.9% 10.9% 15.7% 16.4% 21.4% 33.7% 24.7% -9.0% 10.8%
Imports $179,359,926 $280,604,523 $347,895,554 $598,355,761 $443,748,399 $222,854,475 $228,951,161 $6,096,686 2.7% $49,591,235 27.6%
% of Total Imports to Canada 22.2% 27.3% 34.0% 44.6% 40.6% 29.1% 27.1% -2.0% 4.9%
Total Truck Trade Thru GPITC $365,606,406 $435,559,223 $575,212,653 $824,399,284 $786,974,154 $605,922,003 $509,555,342 $120,391,128 -15.9% $143,948,936 39.4%
% Total Trade with Canada 17.0% 17.8% 23.3% 30.3% 29.2% 31.9% 25.7% -6.1% 8.7%
Rail Exports $22,063,120 $34,509,908 $33,724,273 $42,751,722 $92,538,111 $42,712,019 $20,896,293 -$21,815,726 -51.1% -$1,166,827 -5.3%
% of Total Exports to Canada 1.6% 2.4% 2.3% 3.1% 5.8% 3.8% 1.8% -1.9% 0.2%
Imports $80,633,282 $52,720,174 $31,813,352 $83,424,683 $43,792,328 $20,889,485 $38,294,891 $17,405,406 83.3% -$42,338,391 -52.5%
% of Total Imports to Canada 10.0% 5.1% 3.1% 6.2% 4.0% 2.7% 4.5% 1.8% -5.5%
Total Rail Trade Thru GPITC $102,696,402 $87,230,082 $65,537,625 $126,176,405 $136,330,439 $63,601,504 $59,191,184 -$926,241 -6.9% -$43,505,218 -42.4%
% Total Trade with Canada 4.8% 3.6% 2.7% 4.6% 5.1% 3.3% 3.0% -0.4% -1.8%
TOTAL
Exports $208,309,600 $189,464,608 $261,041,372 $268,795,245 $435,763,866 $425,779,547 $301,500,474 -$124,279,073 -29.2% $93,190,874 44.7%
% of Total Exports to Canada 14.9% 12.6% 15.9% 17.2% 22.9% 33.5% 24.5% -9.0% 9.7%
Imports $259,993,208 $333,324,697 $379,708,906 $681,780,444 $487,540,727 $243,743,960 $267,246,052 $23,502,092 9.6% $7,252,844 2.8%
% of Total Imports to Canada 20.0% 20.6% 25.2% 36.5% 32.6% 25.2% 24.9% -0.3% 4.9%
Total Trade Thru GPITC $468,302,808 $522,789,305 $640,750,278 $950,575,689 $923,304,593 $669,523,507 $568,746,526 $119,464,887 -15.1% $100,443,718 21.4%
% Total Trade with Canada 17.3% 16.7% 20.4% 27.7% 27.1% 29.9% 24.7% -5.2% 7.4%
9. Mexico
Colorado Trading Relationships -- 2004 - 2010
Domestic
Canada
Leading Exports from Colorado to Canada
2010 Leading Exports from Colorado to Canada (Su 2009 2010 (Surface Transportation) 2010
Rank Export Rank Alberta Export
1 2 Meat and Edible Offal $235,999,449 1 84 Computer-Related Machinery and Parts $51,563,345
2 27 Mineral Fuels; Oils and Waxes $201,498,538 2 73 Articles of Iron and Steel $20,561,915
3 84 Computer-Related Machinery and Parts $182,928,842 3 63 Other Made up Textile Articles $14,580,004
4 90 Measuring and Testing Instruments $80,561,414 4 90 Measuring and Testing Instruments $13,008,959
5 73 Articles of Iron and Steel $63,568,312 5 87 Vehicles Other than Railway $12,386,479
6 85 Electrical Machinery; Equipment and Parts $63,081,310 6 39 Plastics and Articles $11,704,855
7 39 Plastics and Articles $39,914,931 7 29 Organic Chemicals $9,521,293
8 87 Vehicles Other than Railway $36,586,199 8 2 Meat and Edible Offal $7,875,930
9 63 Other Made up Textile Articles $30,235,324 9 28 Inorganic Chemicals $7,024,720
10 76 Aluminum and Articles $25,847,110 10 85 Electrical Machinery; Equipment and Parts $6,725,852
2010 Leading Imports to Colorado from Canada 2010
Rank Import 2010 Leading Exports from Colorado to Canada 2010
1 27 Mineral Fuels; Oils and Waxes $2,343,388,848 Rank British Colombia Export
2 84 Computer-Related Machinery and Parts $129,738,541 1 84 Computer-Related Machinery and Parts $37,849,575
3 1 Live Animals $109,247,800 2 2 Meat and Edible Offal $16,312,425
4 73 Articles of Iron and Steel $103,196,106 3 73 Articles of Iron and Steel $9,067,706
5 44 Wood and Articles $84,061,106 4 39 Plastics and Articles $7,524,122
6 98 Special Classification Provisions $68,375,211 5 85 Electrical Machinery; Equipment and Parts $7,319,124
7 39 Plastics and Articles $63,670,218 6 21 Miscellaneous Edible Preparations $6,789,272
8 36 Explosives $60,007,739 7 87 Vehicles Other than Railway $6,500,841
9 85 Electrical Machinery; Equipment and Parts $58,674,982 8 72 Iron and Steel $6,227,873
10 48 Paper and Paperboard $52,266,866 9 94 Furniture; Lamps and Prefabricated $3,869,941
Rank Import 10 90 Measuring and Testing Instruments $3,780,405
1 27 Mineral Fuels; Oils and Waxes $2,343,388,848
2 84 Computer-Related Machinery and Parts $129,738,541 2010 Leading Exports from Colorado to Canada 2010
3 1 Live Animals $109,247,800 Rank Saskatchewan Export
4 73 Articles of Iron and Steel $103,196,106 1 84 Computer-Related Machinery and Parts $37,849,575
5 44 Wood and Articles $84,061,106 2 2 Meat and Edible Offal $16,312,425
6 98 Special Classification Provisions $68,375,211 3 73 Articles of Iron and Steel $9,067,706
7 39 Plastics and Articles $63,670,218 4 39 Plastics and Articles $7,524,122
8 36 Explosives $60,007,739 5 85 Electrical Machinery; Equipment and Parts $7,319,124
9 85 Electrical Machinery; Equipment and Parts $58,674,982 6 21 Miscellaneous Edible Preparations $6,789,272
10 48 Paper and Paperboard $52,266,866 7 87 Vehicles Other than Railway $6,500,841
8 72 Iron and Steel $6,227,873
9 94 Furniture; Lamps and Prefabricated $3,869,941
10 90 Measuring and Testing Instruments $3,780,405