July 2020 North American Transborder Freight Up 11% from June 2020
Transborder freight between the U.S. and other North American countries (Canada and Mexico) in July 2020:
- Total Transborder freight: $91.0 billion of transborder freight moved by all modes of transportation, up 10.9% compared to June 2020 and up 62.2% from May 2020.
- Transborder freight value in July was down 11.2% compared to July 2019.
- Most-used mode: Trucks moved $60.7 billion of freight, up 7.5% compared to June 2020, down 4.9% compared to July 2019.
- Second most-used mode: Railways moved $12.9 billion of freight, up 14.7% compared to June 2020, down 13.0% compared to July 2019.
Total Transborder Freight:
- Compared to June 2020:
- Compared to July 2019:
Truck Freight: $60.7 billion (66.8% of all transborder freight)
- By border:
- Compared to June 2020:
- Compared to July 2019:
- Top Three Busiest truck border ports (45.5% of total transborder truck freight)
- Laredo, TX $14.2 billion
- Detroit, MI $8.0 billion
- Ysleta, TX $5.4 billion
- Top three truck commodities (50.2% of total transborder truck freight)
- Computers and parts $12.0 billion
- Electrical machinery $10.7 billion
- Vehicles and parts $7.8 billion
Figure 1: North American Freight by Mode, July 2020
Mode | Value | 1 |
---|---|---|
Truck | 60.7 | 2 |
Rail | 12.9 | 3 |
Vessel | 5.4 | 4 |
Pipeline | 4.0 | 5 |
Air | 3.7 | 6 |
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Bureau of Transportation Statistics, TransBorder Freight Data, https://www.bts.gov/transborder
Rail Freight: $12.9 billion (14.2% of all transborder freight)
- By border:
- Compared to June 2020:
- Compared to July 2019:
- Three busiest rail border ports (55.9% of total transborder rail freight)
- Laredo, TX $3.3 billion
- Detroit, MI $2.0 billion
- Eagle Pass, TX $2.0 billion
Top three rail commodities (61.4% of total transborder rail freight)
- Motor vehicles and parts $6.6 billion
- Computers and parts $0.6 billion
- Plastics $0.6 billion
Total Transborder Freight by Mode:
Reporting Notes
Data in this Bureau of Transportation Statistics release are not seasonally adjusted and are not adjusted for inflation. For previous statistical releases and summary tables, see TransBorder Releases. See TransBorder Freight Data for data from previous months, and for additional state, port, and commodity data. BTS has scheduled the release of August TransBorder numbers for Oct. 27.