BTS Says North American Transborder Freight Fell in March
May 27 2020 - 12:19PM
Dow Jones News
By Stephen Nakrosis
The U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics Wednesday said
transborder freight between the U.S. and Canada and Mexico declined
7.9% in March compared to the year-ago period.
According to the bureau, $98.8 billion of transborder freight
was moved during the month.
The transborder freight value in March rose 2.9% from February,
and reached its highest monthly value since November 2019.
The most used mode of transportation was trucks, which moved
$62.6 billion of freight, the bureau said, a 7.1% decline from
March 2019. Trucks moved 57.3% of all northern border freight and
69.2% of all southern border freight.
Railways moved $15 billion of freight, which was 7.7% lower
compared to the year-ago period, the BTS said. In March, 16.3% of
all northern border freight was moved by rail, as was 14% of all
southern border freight.
On the U.S.-Canada border, $4.6 billion of freight moved via
pipeline, $3.1 billion by air and $1.7 billion by ship in
March.
On the U.S.-Mexico border, $5.2 billion of freight moved via
ship, $1.4 billion moved by air and $400 million moved via
pipeline, the BTS said.
Write to Stephen Nakrosis at stephen.nakrosis@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
May 27, 2020 12:04 ET (16:04 GMT)
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