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US BTA North American Freight Data, Annual 2019

Mar 02, 2020

This release provides an annual summary of North American Transborder freight by mode. In the previous release, BTS reported that trucks were the most heavily utilized mode in 2018 for moving goods to and from both Canada and Mexico, carrying 63% of the freight transported. Trucks accounted for $772 billion of the $1.2 trillion in freight flows with Canada and Mexico in 2018. Rail accounted for $179 billion, almost 15%.

 

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