- • Total Transborder freight: $93.4 billion of transborder freight moved by all modes of transportation, up 2.7% compared to July 2020 and up 13.9% from June 2020.
- • Transborder freight value in August was down 11.1% compared to August 2019.
- • Most-used mode: Trucks moved $60.9 billion of freight, up 0.2% compared to July 2020, down 7.9% compared to August 2019.
- • Second most-used mode: Railways moved $13.8 billion of freight, up 7.2% compared to July 2020, down 14.3% compared to August 2019.
Total Transborder Freight:
- • Compared to July 2020:
U.S.-Canada up 7.3%
U.S.-Mexico down 1.4%
U.S.-Canada down 10.4%
- • Compared to August 2019:
U.S.-Mexico down 11.8%
Truck Freight: $60.9 billion (65.1% of all transborder freight)
U.S.-Canada: $27.8 billion (59.7% of all northern border freight)
- • By border:
U.S.-Mexico: $33.0 billion (70.5% of all southern border freight)
U.S.-Canada up 6.0%
- • Compared to July 2020:
U.S.-Mexico down 4.2%
U.S.-Canada down 3.9%
- • Compared to August 2019:
U.S.-Mexico down 10.9%
- • Top Three Busiest truck border ports (46.3% of total transborder truck freight)
- Laredo, TX $14.6 billion
- Detroit, MI $8.9 billion
- Buffalo-Niagara, NY $4.7 billion
- • Top three truck commodities (49.1% of total transborder truck freight)
- Computers and parts $11.6 billion
- Electrical machinery $9.6 billion
- Vehicles and parts $8.8 billion
U.S.-Canada: $7.3 billion (15.7% of all northern border freight)
Rail Freight: $13.8 billion (14.8% of all transborder freight)
U.S.-Mexico: $6.5 billion (13.9% of all southern border freight)
U.S.-Mexico down 0.2%
U.S.-Mexico down 14.9%
Total Transborder Freight by Mode: U.S.-Canada (both directions) (Dollars in Billions) Truck: $27.8 Rail: $7.3 Pipeline: $4.2 Air: $2.8 Vessel: $1.5 U.S.-Mexico (both directions) (Dollars in Billions) Truck: $33.0 Rail: $6.5 Vessel: $4.3 Air: $1.2 Pipeline: $0.4
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