US DOT:  February 2020 North American Transborder Freight Numbers

Transborder freight between the U.S. and other North American countries (Canada and Mexico) in February 2020:

 

•  Total Transborder freight: $95.9 billion of transborder freight moved by all modes of transportation, up 1.9% compared to February 2019.
  
•  Most-used mode: Trucks moved $60.8 billion of freight, up 0.9% compared to February 2019
  
•  Second most-used mode: Railways moved $14.4 billion of freight, up 10.3% compared to February 2019
  
•  TransBorder freight in February declined 1.2% from January, which is a smaller decline than the 1.5% decline a year earlier between January 2019 and February 2019.
  

Truck Freight: $60.8 billion (63.3% of all transborder freight)

By border: 

• U.S.-Canada: $26.9 billion (56.6% of all northern border freight)
  
• U.S.-Mexico: $33.9 billion (69.9% of all southern border freight)
  
• U.S.-Canada up 0.9%
  

Compared to February 2019: 

U.S.-Mexico up 0.9%

 Three busiest truck border ports (47.4% of total transborder truck freight) 

• Laredo, TX                       $14.5 billion 
  
• Detroit, MI                       $9.0 billion
  
• El Paso, TX                       $5.4 billion

 Top three truck commodities (49.6% of total transborder truck freight) 

• Computers and parts           $11.9  billion 
  
• Electrical machinery             $9.3  billion
  
• Motor vehicles and parts       $9.0  billion