The month of June saw $93.5 billion of freight moved between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, with trucks hauling the majority of that freight.
According to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the U.S. Department of Transportation, June North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) freight numbers showed that trucks carried 60.7 percent of the $93.5 billion, followed by rail at 15.8 percent, vessels at 8.2 percent, pipelines at 6.5 percent and air at 3.9 percent.
Meanwhile, the value of freight carried by all surface modes in June dropped 1 percent from June 2012, and fell 5.2 percent from May 2013. Frieght moved by truck dropped 5.3 percent in June from May, while rail fell 1.2 percent month-over-month. Compared to June 2012, the value of freight carried by truck dropped 1.3, and the value of freight moved by rail grew by 0.7 percent.
U.S. freight flows with Canada came in at $52.7 billion, with trucks handling 56 percent of that number. Rail came in at 16.8 percent, pipelines at 10.8 percent, vessel at 5.5 percent and air at 4.5 percent.
Michigan, BTS reported, led all states in goods transported to and from Canada at $6.5 billion. The state with the largest year-to-year percentage increase was Pennsylvania at 18.5 percent. Top commodity transported between the U.S. and Canada in June? Vehicles, of which $3.5 billion was exported to Canada.
Top 10 States for Goods Transported To and From Canada
1. Michigan
2. Illinois
3. California
4. Texas
5. Ohio
6. New York
7. Pennsylvania
8. Washington
9. Indiana
10. Minnesota
