North American Freight Transportation: U.S. Trade with Canada and Mexico

The freight transportation industry used the nation’s
transportation system to carry $790 billion in merchandise, a record high, between the United States
and its two largest trading partners, Canada and
Mexico, in 2005.
The goods, weighing nearly 679 million short tons
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were transported across our land borders, airports,
and seaports to and from locations in Canada and
Mexico. These and other annual data presented in
this report highlight the value and weight of freight
shipped across our northern and southern borders,
as well as the number of incoming land border
crossings by truck, truck containers, rail, and rail
containers from Canada and Mexico.