U.S.-NAFTA freight down from previous month; 16th straight decrease

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WASHINGTON — Trucks carried more U.S. freight by value with North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners Canada and Mexico in April 2016 compared to April 2015 but declines in all other freight modes led to a 3.2 percent decrease, to $90.4 billion, in total cross-border freight. April was the 16th consecutive month that the value of U.S.-NAFTA Freight declined from the same month of the previous year, according to data released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS).

The value of commodities moving by truck increased 0.8 percent as the value of incoming freight from Mexico and Canada exceeded the 3.6 percent decrease in shipments from the U.S. The value of freight carried on other modes declined: rail 3.4 percent; air 10.4 percent; vessel 26.4 percent; and pipeline 30.5 percent. A drop in the price of crude oil played a key role in the large declines in the dollar value of products shipped by vessel and pipeline.

Trucks carried 66.8 percent of U.S.-NAFTA freight.

Rail remained the second largest mode by value, moving 15.6 percent of all U.S.-NAFTA freight, followed by vessel, 5.0 percent; air, 3.8 percent; and pipeline, 3.7 percent. The surface transportation modes of truck, rail and pipeline carried 86.0 percent of the total value of U.S.-NAFTA freight flows.

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