NAFTA freight totals $93.3 billion in April

Friday, 26 June 2015 09:35:39 (GMT+3)   |   San Diego
       

US-NAFTA freight totaled $93.3 billion in April 2015 as all modes but air carried less US-NAFTA freight than in April 2014, according to the TransBorder Freight Data released Thursday by the US Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). Year-over-year, the value of US-NAFTA freight flows by all modes decreased by 6.8 percent. Large decreases in the value of NAFTA trade by pipeline and vessel in April were due to the reduced unit price of mineral fuel shipments.

In April 2015 compared to April 2014, the value of commodities moving by air grew by 3.0 percent. The value of commodities shipped by all other modes declined.  Truck freight and rail freight both decreased by 0.9 percent. Vessel freight decreased by 22.8 percent and pipeline freight decreased by 44.9 percent mainly due to the lower unit price of mineral fuel shipments.

Trucks carried 64.2 percent of US-NAFTA freight and are the most heavily utilized mode for moving goods to and from both US-NAFTA partners. Trucks accounted for $29.8 billion of the $49.1 billion of imports (60.8 percent) and $30.1 billion of the $44.3 billion of exports (67.9 percent).

Rail remained the second largest mode, moving 15.6 percent of all US-NAFTA freight, followed by vessel, 6.5 percent; pipeline, 5.1 percent; and air, 4.1 percent. The surface transportation modes of truck, rail and pipeline carried 84.9 percent of the total US-NAFTA freight flows.


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