Trucking hauled less U.S. freight to Canada and Mexico in 2016 than 2015, according to March 2 data from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
The total value of cross-border freight carried on all modes — truck, pipeline, vessel and air — fell 3.4% from 2015 to $1.069 trillion.
Trucks carried 65.5% of U.S.-Nafta freight, the most heavily utilized mode for moving goods. Trucks accounted for $362 billion of imports, or 63.3%, and for $338 billion of exports, or 68%.
