North American Freight Data Reveals Growth in Unsung Trade Modes

Details

• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • COVID-19
  • Supply chain management
  • Data
  • Statistical analysis
  • Commodities
  • Commodity flow
  • Freight traffic
  • Border crossings
  • Pipelines
  • Air cargo
  More +
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/w58a-qk21
• Resource Type:
  Statistical Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States ; Mexico ; Canada
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
• Abstract:
  There has been a lot of attention lately on challenges to the supply chain since the onset of COVID-19, most of it focused on goods flowing into and out of West Coast ports. One aspect of U.S. trade attracting less attention is North American freight flows, which have increased since the pandemic lows we saw in the spring of 2020. Trucking and rail carry most of our trade (76%) with Canada and Mexico, but the most significant percentage increases we observed in June 2021 came from two other sources: air and pipelines. With the BTS Transborder Dashboard, we can dig into the data to find out what’s driving these increases.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/82165/dot_82165_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 482.79 KB]
• Collection(s):
  BTS Data Spotlight
• Main Document Checksum:
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