July NAFTA freight up 6.5% over last year; trucks carry 63.2% of all freight

U.S.-NAFTA freight totaled $89.2 billion in July, the U.S. Department of Transportation reported today. That’s 6.5 percent more than in July 2016, and makes the ninth consecutive month in which the year-over-year value in NAFTA freight had a year-over-year monthly increase. Trucks continued to be the most highly utilized transport mode, carrying 63.2 percent of all freight with Canada and Mexico.