Transborder Freight Data Annual Report: 2025

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This release is published on a fixed schedule as required by the Office of Management and Budget, and statistics in this release may be revised when inputs to the statistics are corrected or updated. Data on the program page of this website are the most up-to-date and complete.

Transborder data is available for 2025. The Bureau of Transportation Statistics has compiled the dollar value of commodities that moved across the United States' land borders with Canada and Mexico by mode of transportation. Manufacturing and logistics sectors across North America are linked and interdependent. America's land borders with Canada and Mexico are economically vital conduits for North American supply chains, with about $4.0 billion in daily cross-border freight shipments. In addition to oil and energy products, automobiles, and electronics, Canada and Mexico are also America's largest trading partners in agricultural goods.

U.S. land borders with Canada and Mexico consistently facilitate over $1 trillion in cross-border trade annually. By comparison, in 2025 the value of total U.S.-international trade was $5.3 trillion, of which U.S. trade with Canada and Mexico comprised nearly one-third. In 2025, U.S. freight flows with Canada and Mexico equaled $1.6 trillion, a 1% decrease over 2024. Freight between the U.S. and Canada was $712.8 billion in 2025, down 6.4% from 2024. Freight between the U.S. and Mexico was $872.8 billion in 2025, up 3.9% from 2024.

Surface transportation (truck + rail + pipeline) serves as the foundation of North American commerce, facilitating over 80% of all freight by value. Trucking remains the leader, carrying 55.7% of trade with Canada and 73.6% with Mexico. While rail remains vital across both borders, Canada's modal profile is uniquely bolstered by pipeline shipments. In 2025, mineral fuels moved via pipeline ranked as the second-largest mode for U.S.-Canada trade at 13.4%, narrowly outpacing rail's 12.6% share. Meanwhile, rail accounted for a consistent 10.9% of freight value with Mexico. All data in this report is sourced from BTS Transborder Freight Data.