The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported Thursday that trade using surface transportation between the US and its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners, Canada and Mexico, rose 6.2 percent in November 2012 compared to November 2011, totaling $81.5 billion.
BTS noted that in November 2012, $56.2 billion of US trade with Canada and Mexico moved by truck, $14.9 billion moved by rail, and $5.9 billion moved by pipeline. Surface transportation includes freight movements by truck, rail, pipeline, mail, other modes of transport, and goods moving into Foreign Trade Zones. Surface transportation trade with Canada and Mexico accounted for 21 percent of total US foreign trade in November 2012.
US-Canada surface trade was $46.7 billion in November 2012, while US-Mexico surface trade was $34.8 billion.