Trucks moved transborder freight worth US$60.9B in August
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Trucks moved freight valued at US$60.9 billion between the U.S., Canada and Mexico in August, according to the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS).
That was up 0.2% from the previous month, but down 7.9% from August 2019, BTS said this week.
Truck freight between U.S. and Canada alone was worth $27.8 billion in August, up 6% from July, but down 3.9% from August 2019.
The second most-used mode of transportation was railways, which moved $13.8 billion of freight in August, up 7.2% from July. That was still down 14.3% from August 2019.
In all, transborder freight worth $93.4 billion was moved in August by all modes of transportation, up 2.7% from July and 13.9% from June, BTS said.
The bureau also said that the value of transborder freight in August was down 11.1% from the same month last year.
Have your say
This is a moderated forum. Comments will no longer be published unless they are accompanied by a first and last name and a verifiable email address. (Today's Trucking will not publish or share the email address.) Profane language and content deemed to be libelous, racist, or threatening in nature will not be published under any circumstances.