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North American Transborder Freight Shows Estimated 6.2% Decrease in September 2025 from September 2024

Friday, November 14, 2025

BTS 72-25

This release is published on a fixed schedule as required by the Office of Management and Budget, and statistics in this release may be revised when inputs to the statistics are corrected or updated. Data on the program page of this website are the most up-to-date and complete.

North American Transborder Freight September 2025 $127.8 billion. Truck freight: $80.3 billion is down -9.2% from same month last year, Rail Freight: $16.7 billion is down -2.2% from the same month last year.

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics TransBorder Freight Data.
The statistics in this release do not reflect changes in inflation or tonnage moved.

This report presents estimated North American Transborder Freight data for September 2025. Due to the temporary disruption of standard data flows caused by the recent lapse in appropriations, official data are not yet available. These estimates were derived by calculating the simple arithmetic mean (average) of the corresponding September data from the past four years. Actual values will be released once the necessary data systems and original sources are resumed.
 
 

Estimated Total Transborder Freight in September 2025 (Estimate), Compared to September 2024

Estimated transborder freight between the U.S. and North American countries Canada and Mexico:

  • Total estimated transborder freight: $127.8 billion of transborder freight moved by all modes of transportation, a decrease of 6.2% compared to September 2024
  • Estimated freight between the U.S. and Canada: $62.3 billion, down 2.3% from September 2024
  • Estimated freight between the U.S. and Mexico: $65.5 billion, down 9.7% from September 2024
  • Trucks moved an estimated $80.3 billion of freight, down 9.2% compared to September 2024
  • Railways moved an estimated $16.7 billion of freight, down 2.2% compared to September 2024
  • Pipelines moved an estimated $9.8 billion of freight, down 15.2% compared to September 2024
  • Vessels moved an estimated $10.2 billion of freight, down 0.5% compared to September 2024
  • Air moved an estimated $4.6 billion of freight, up 0.14% compared to September 2024

 

North American Freight by Mode an estimate comparison of September 2024 and September 2025 with all modes about the same in 2024. Truck had the biggest diifference with almost $10 billion more in 2024.

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics TransBorder Freight Data.

 

Total Estimated Transborder Freight by Border and Mode

U.S.-Canada (both directions)
(Dollars in Billions)		 U.S.-Mexico (both directions)
(Dollars in Billions)
Truck $34.2 Truck $46.1
Pipeline $9.0 Rail $7.7
Rail $8.9 Vessel $7.3
Vessel $2.9 Air $1.7
Air $2.8 Pipeline $0.9

 

Detroit, Port Huron, and Buffalo are the top truck ports for U.S. freight flows with Canada, while Laredo, El Paso, and Otay Mesa are the top truck ports with Mexico.

Detroit, Port Huron, and International Falls are the top rail connection ports for U.S. freight flows with Canada, while Laredo, Eagle Pass, and El Paso are the top rail connection ports with Mexico. 

Chicago, Port Huron, and Minneapolis are the top pipeline connection regions for U.S. energy freight flows with Canada. El Paso, Hidalgo, and Laredo are the top pipeline connection regions with Mexico.

Port of Boston, Arthur, and Portland are the top water port connections for U.S. energy flows with Canada. Port of Houston, Arthur, and Texas City are the top water port connections for U.S. energy flows on the Southern border.

 

Top 5 Ports and Commodities

Port USD Commodity USD
Laredo - Texas  25,161,322,428 Vehicles 20,632,461,079
Detroit - Michigan 12,227,362,670 Mineral fuels  18,422,661,863
Port Huron - Michigan 8,653,138,986 Computers 18,208,260,556
Buffalo - New York 7,126,804,400 Electrical machinery 14,568,652,674
Ysleta - Texas   6,145,747,798  Plastics 4,930,792,540


Reporting Notes

The figures in this report are estimates. The primary data source for actual values are not available due to the lapse of appropriations. All monetary values are in current U.S. dollars and are not adjusted for inflation or seasonality. For previous statistical releases and summary tables, see transborder releases. See transborder freight data for data from previous months, and additional state, port, and commodity data. BTS has scheduled the next release of transborder numbers for Wednesday, January 7, 2026.