Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American neighbors, Canada and Mexico, was 17.4 percent higher in February 2012 than in February 2011, totaling $78.1 billion, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the US Department of Transportation. The value of US surface transportation trade with Canada and Mexico increased 3.4 percent in February 2012 from January 2012.
Surface transportation includes freight movements by truck, rail, pipeline, mail and Foreign Trade Zones. In February, 87.4 percent of US trade by value with Canada and Mexico moved via land, 8.7 percent moved by vessel, and 3.9 percent moved by air.
US-Canada and US-Mexico surface transportation trade in February 2012 both increased compared to February 2011 with US-Canada reaching $45.4 billion, a 13.7 percent increase, and US-Mexico reaching $32.7 billion, a 23.0 percent increase.