The US Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported Wednesday that trade using surface transportation between the US and its NAFTA partners Canada and Mexico was 12.1 percent higher in April 2011 than in April 2010, reaching $73.8 billion. Freight value in April 2011 fell 8.7 percent from the previous month In April, 84.7 percent of US trade by value with Canada and Mexico moved on land; 11.1 percent moved by vessel; 4.2 percent moved by air.
US-Canada and US-Mexico surface transportation trade both increased when compared to April 2010 with US-Canada totaling $44.6 billion, an 11.8 percent increase, and US-Mexico totaling $29.1 billion, a 12.4 percent increase.