Trucks carried $109.0 billion of freight across the US-Canada and US-Mexico borders in August 2026, up 29.8% from the same month a year earlier, according to Bureau of Transportation Statistics data released Oct. 21. That was the largest percentage gain among the five transportation modes the BTS tracks.

Total North American transborder freight reached $160.6 billion in August, up 22.6% from a year earlier. Trucks moved about 68% of that value. Rail carried $17.2 billion, up 8.7%. Pipeline carried $10.2 billion, up 22.7%, vessels carried $9.7 billion, up 12%, and air carried $6.7 billion, up 3.8%.

Mexico accounted for $94.3 billion of the total, up 26.7%, with $73.9 billion of it moving by truck. Canada accounted for $66.3 billion, up 17.1%, with $35.2 billion moving by truck. Mexico represents roughly 68% of truck-borne transborder freight value.

Texas and Michigan dominate the port rankings. Laredo, Texas, led all ports at about $37.7 billion, followed by Ysleta, Texas, at $15.8 billion, Detroit at $13.9 billion, Port Huron, Michigan, at $8.4 billion and Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York, at $7.1 billion. The leading truck crossings on the Mexican border were Laredo, El Paso and Otay Mesa, California. On the Canadian border they were Detroit, Port Huron and Buffalo-Niagara Falls.

By commodity, computer-related machinery and parts led at about $40.9 billion, followed by vehicles other than railway equipment at $21.1 billion, electrical machinery and equipment at $19.7 billion and mineral fuels, oils and waxes at $19.2 billion.

BTS reports the figures in current dollars without inflation adjustment, and they measure value rather than shipment volume or truck counts.

Source: The Trucker - https://www.thetrucker.com/trucking-news/business/truck-freight-across-us-borders-jumps-nearly-30-in-august