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North American Transborder Freight Data

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May 2018 North American Freight Numbers

Freight between the U.S. and other North American countries (Canada and Mexico) in May 2018:

  • Most-used mode: Truck moved $67.9 billion of freight, up 8.9 percent compared to May 2017
  • Second mode: Rail moved $15.3 billion of freight, up 0.7 percent compared to May 2017

     

April 2018 North American Freight Numbers

Date: Tuesday, June 26, 2018 

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Freight between the U.S. and other North American countries (Canada and Mexico) in April 2018:

  • Most-used mode: Truck moved $65.7 billion of freight, up 15.3 percent compared to April 2017 
  • Second mode: Rail moved $14.7 billion of freight, down 1.5 percent compared to April 2017 

March 2018 North American Freight Numbers

Freight between the U.S. and other North American countries (Canada and Mexico) in March 2018:

  • Most-used mode: Truck moved $66.5 billion of freight, up 4.1 percent compared to March 2017 
  • Second mode: Rail moved $16.1 billion of freight, up 1.9 percent compared to March 2017 

February 2018 North American Freight Numbers

In February 2018, all modes of transportation moved $94.0 billion of freight between the U.S. and other North American countries (Canada and Mexico). The top two modes for those movements are truck and rail. Trucks moved freight valued at $59.5 billion, up 8.9 percent compared to February 2017.  Rail moved freight valued at $13.6 billion, down 2.9 percent during the same period. The other $20.9 billion was transported on other modes.

January 2018 North American Freight Numbers

Trucks moved freight valued at $60.6 billion between the U.S. and other North American countries (Canada and Mexico) in January 2018, up 10.2 percent compared to January 2017, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). Rail moved freight valued at $13.3 billion, up 0.6 percent during the same period.