North American Transborder freight up 23.8% in March 2022 from March 2021
AJOT Newsroom
| May 25 2022 at 01:32 PM | Intermodal
Transborder freight between the U.S. and North American countries (Canada and Mexico) in March 2022:
Total transborder freight: $141.9 billion of transborder freight moved by all modes of transportation, up 23.8% compared to March 2021.
Freight between the U.S. and Canada totaled $72.9B. Freight between the U.S. and Mexico totaled $69.0B.
Trucks moved $85.5 billion of freight, up 15.7% compared to March 2021.
Railways moved $20.2 billion of freight, up 20.9% compared to March 2021.
Total Transborder Freight by Border Compared to March 2021
U.S.-Canada up 26.3%
U.S.-Mexico up 21.2%
Total Transborder Freight by Border and Mode:
U.S.-Canada (both directions)
(Dollars in Billions)
Truck: $38.4
Rail: $11.7
Pipeline: $11.4
Air: $3.6
Vessel: $3.6
U.S.-Mexico (both directions)
(Dollars in Billions)
Truck: $47.1
Rail: $8.5
Vessel: $8.4
Air: $2.0
Pipeline: $0.9
The value of oil increased by 74.1% in March 2022 compared to March 2021. 1Over 99% of pipeline freight between the U.S. and Canada are mineral fuels, primarily oil and gas. Of freight by vessel between the U.S. and Mexico, over 50% are mineral fuel shipments between Gulf of Mexico ports in the U.S. and Mexico.
Truck Freight: $85.5 billion (60.3% of all transborder freight)
U.S.-Canada: $38.4 billion (52.7% of all northern border freight)
U.S.-Mexico: $47.1 billion (68.3% of all southern border freight)
Top three busiest truck border ports
Laredo, TX $20.0 billion
Detroit, MI $10.7 billion
Port Huron, MI $6.9 billion
Top three truck commodities
Computers and parts $16.0 billion
Electrical machinery $13.0 billion
Vehicles and parts $10.8 billion
Rail Freight: $20.2 billion (14.2% of all transborder freight)
U.S.-Canada: $11.7 billion (16.1% of all northern border freight)
U.S.-Mexico: $8.5 billion (12.3% of all southern border freight)
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