North American Transborder Freight Valued at $160.6 Billion in August 2026, Up 22.6% From August 2025
WASHINGTON — Total transborder freight between the United States and its North American neighbors Canada and Mexico was valued at $160.6 billion in August 2026, up 22.6% from August 2025, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the U.S. Department of Transportation reported on October 22 (release BTS 26-79). Freight between the U.S. and Canada totaled $66.3 billion, up 17.1%, and freight between the U.S. and Mexico totaled $94.3 billion, up 26.7%.
By mode, trucks moved $109.0 billion of freight, up 29.8%; railways moved $17.2 billion, up 8.7%; pipelines $10.2 billion, up 22.7%; vessels $9.7 billion, up 12.0%; and air $6.7 billion, up 3.8%.
Top truck ports were Detroit, Port Huron and Buffalo on the Canada border, and Laredo, El Paso and Otay Mesa, in San Diego County, on the Mexico border. BTS said the values are in current U.S. dollars and are not adjusted for inflation. (GSM, based on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' October 22 release)
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Photo: 图：德克萨斯州 Laredo 的世界贸易国际大桥，货车跨境口岸（资料图）。照片：公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / The World Trade International Bridge in Laredo, Texas, a freight border crossing (file photo). Photo: public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
