Table 2. Value of Monthly U.S.-North American Freight Flows by Mode of Transportation, March 2018

Table 1. Value of Monthly U.S.-North American Freight Flows, March 2018

Transborder March 2018

Truck and Rail Freight March 2017-2018

Figure 4: Top 3 Commodities by Rail

Figure 3: Top 3 U.S. Ports by Rail

Figure 2: Top 3 Commodities by Truck

Figure 1: Top 3 U.S. Ports by Truck

Commodity Flow Survey Overview

The Commodity Flow Survey (CFS), a component of the Economic Census, is conducted every five years by the U.S. Census Bureau in partnership with the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics. The 2017 CFS is the sixth survey in the program that began in 1993. The CFS is a shipper survey of approximately 100,000 establishments from the industries of mining, manufacturing, wholesale trade, auxiliaries (i.e. warehouses and distribution centers), and select retail and service trade industries that ship commodities.

March 2018 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, rose 1.4 percent in March from February, rising for the second consecutive month to reach an all-time high. The March 2018 index level (130.8) was 38.0 percent above the April 2009 low during the most recent recession.