The U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics reported last week that transborder freight moved by all modes of transportation between the United States and Canada and Mexico rose 1.5 percent to $97.1 billion worth of goods in January compared with January 2019 levels.
Rail shipments were the second-most used mode and accounted for $13.4 billion of freight during January, a 3.9 percent increase compared with the same period a year ago.
On a year-over-year basis freight moved by rail between the United States and Canada fell 2 percent to $7.4 billion worth of goods.
Freight moved by rail between the United States and Mexico increased 12 percent to $6 billion.
The three busiest rail border ports and value of goods moved in January were in Laredo, Texas, $3.2 billion; Detroit, $2.2 billion; and Eagle Pass, Texas, $1.7 billion.
The top three rail commodities were motor vehicles and parts, worth $6 billion; mineral fuels, worth $1.4 billion; and plastics and articles, worth $700 million.
Those commodities represented 60.2 percent of the total transborder freight moved by rail.
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