Figure 4. Percent Change in Value of U.S.-Mexico Freight Flows by Mode: September 2016-2017

Figure 3. Percent Change in Value of U.S.-Canada Freight Flows by Mode: September 2016-2017

Figure 2. Percent Change in Value of U.S.-NAFTA Freight Flows by Mode: September 2016-2017

Figure 1. U.S.-NAFTA Freight Value Percent Change from Previous Year, September 2017

September 2017 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI)

The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI), which is based on the amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry, reached an all-time monthly high in September, 0.2 percent higher than the previous highest level reached one month earlier in August, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS). The September 2017 index level (129.2) was 36.3 percent above the April 2009 low during the most recent recession.

September 2017 TSI Tables

Freight Transportation Services Index, September 2012 - September 2017

Table 12: Combined Transportation Services Index Change by Quarter, 2008-2017, September 2017

Table 11: Passenger Transportation Services Index Change by Quarter, 2008-2017, September 2017

Table 10: Freight Transportation Services Index Change by Quarter, 2008-2017, September 2017