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0 50 100 150 200 250 2015 2013 2011 2009 2007 2005 2003 2001 1999 1997 1995 ■ Mexico ■ Canada 2017 2019 $385.7 billion Value of merchandise moved by trucks in 2020 389% increase over 1995 6.4 million Number of truck entries across border to haul those goods in 2020 Percentage of goods moved by trucks across the border by surface trade U.S. TRADE WITH MEXICO 84% Moves North America Forward U.S. trade with Canada and Mexico has surged since the enactment of the North American Free Trade Agreement, according to data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Since 1995, the value of goods traveling via truck across both the northern and southern borders jumped 162% and totaled over $694 billion in 2020. This increase in trade has created or supported tens of thousands of jobs in the United States, with motor carriers, suppliers and shippers, underscoring the benefits of free trade. TRADE BY THE NUMBERS: • Total trade via truck has increased by 162% since 1995, while U.S. exports grew 146%. • Last year, truck exports to Canada, as measured by the value of the goods, accounted for 54% of total truck transported trade with the country. • Since 1995, U.S. exports to Mexico via truck have grown an impressive 317%. • Last year, truck exports to Mexico, as measured by the value of the goods, accounted for 39% of total truck transported trade across the southern border. • The two largest commodities were electrical machinery and computer-related machinery, which combined to make up 37.5% of trade going into Mexico via trucks. Value of U.S. Exports Transported by Truck Billions of U.S. Dollars DATA SHOWS THE U.S. TRUCKING INDUSTRY IS A LARGE BENEFICIARY OF NORTH AMERICAN TRADE American Trucking Associations | www.trucking.org $309.0 billion Value of merchandise moved by trucks in 2020 66% increase over 1995 5.2 million Number of truck entries across border to haul those goods in 2020 Percentage of goods moved by trucks across the border by surface trade U.S. TRADE WITH CANADA 71% U.S. trade with Canada and Mexico is larger than the economy of Pennsylvania. To move all of that freight, in 2020 there were over 11.6 million truck entries combined on the Canadian and Mexican borders. 2020 | Mexico: $149.6B | Canada: $166.4B
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$385.7 billionValue of merchandise moved by trucks in 2020
389% increase over 1995
6.4 millionNumber of truck entries across border to haul those goods in 2020
Percentage of goods moved by trucks across
the border by surface trade
U.S. TRADE WITH MEXICO
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Moves NorthAmerica Forward
U.S. trade with Canada and Mexico has surged since the enactment of the North American Free Trade Agreement, according to data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
Since 1995, the value of goods traveling via truck across both the northern and southern borders jumped 162% and totaled over $694 billion in 2020. This increase in trade has created or supported tens of thousands of jobs in the United States, with motor carriers, suppliers and shippers, underscoring the benefits of free trade.
TRADEBY THE NUMBERS:
• Total trade via truck has increased by 162% since 1995, while U.S. exports grew 146%.
• Last year, truck exports to Canada, as measured by the value of the goods, accounted for 54% of total truck transported trade with the country.
• Since 1995, U.S. exports to Mexico via truck have grown an impressive 317%.
• Last year, truck exports to Mexico, as measured by the value of the goods, accounted for 39% of total truck transported trade across the southern border.
• The two largest commodities were electrical machinery and computer-related machinery, which combined to make up 37.5% of trade going into Mexico via trucks.
Value of U.S. Exports Transported by TruckBillions of U.S. Dollars
DATA SHOWS THE U.S. TRUCKING INDUSTRY IS A LARGE BENEFICIARY OF NORTH AMERICAN TRADE
American Trucking Associations | www.trucking.org
$309.0 billionValue of merchandise moved by trucks in 2020
66% increase over 1995
5.2 millionNumber of truck entries across border to haul those goods in 2020
Percentage of goods moved by trucks across
the border by surface trade
U.S. TRADE WITH CANADA
71%
U.S. trade with Canada and Mexico is larger than the economy of Pennsylvania. To move all of that freight, in 2020 there were over 11.6 million truck entries combined on the Canadian and Mexican borders.
2020 | Mexico: $149.6B | Canada: $166.4B
Moves NorthAmerica ForwardTRADE
• 90,277 employed in US Trucking industry from truck transported trade1
• 47,778 of which from trade with Mexico
• 42,499 of which from trade with Canada
• U.S. trucking companies paid $3.50 billion in wages, not including benefits, to U.S. drivers to haul freight to and from Canada and Mexico
• $13.00 billion in US Trucking revenue generated from truck transported trade with Canada and Mexico in 2020.
• $6.88 billion in US Trucking revenue generated from trade with Mexico
• $6.12 billion in US Trucking revenue generated from trade with Canada
2020 U.S. TRUCKING EMPLOYMENT FROM TRUCK TRANSPORTED TRADE
2020 U.S. TRUCKING REVENUE FROM TRUCK TRANSPORTED TRADE (BILLIONS)
Source: American Trucking Associations’ Economics Department
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U.S. Tradeby TruckMEXICO
317%Growth in U.S. exports by truck to Mexico since 1995
Truck exports’ share of total truck-transported
trade with Mexico
$385.7(Billion) Value of goods
transported in 2020
389%Growth in value of goods transported since 1995
6.4millionTruck entries across
the U.S.–Mexican border39%
Percent of goods hauled by trucks across the Mexican border by
surface trade
representing84%
IMPORTS • Top 5 from Mexico
EXPORTS • Top 5 to Mexico
Electrical Machinery; Equipment & Parts
Computer-related Machinery & Parts
Vehicles Other than Railway
Measuring &Testing Instruments
Furniture; Lamps & Prefabricated Buildings
Computer-related Machinery & Parts
Electrical Machinery; Equipment & Parts
Plastics & Articles
Vehicles Other than Railway
Measuring & Testing Instruments
35% All other imports4%5%14%22%22%
20%20%7%7%4%44% All other exports
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U.S. Tradeby TruckCANADA
IMPORTS • Top 5 from Canada
EXPORTS • Top 5 to Canada
Vehicles Other than Railway
Computer-related Machinery & Parts
Special Classification
Provisions
Plastics & Articles
Wood and Articles
Computer-related Machinery & Parts
Vehicles Other than Railway
Plastics & Articles
Electrical Machinery;
Equipment & Parts
Measuring & Testing
Instruments
71%Growth in U.S. exports by
truck to Canada since 1995
Truck exports’ share of total truck-transported
trade with Canada
$309.0(Billion) Value of goods
transported in 2020
66%Growth in value of goods transported since 1995
5.2millionTruck entries across
the U.S.–Canadian border54%
Percent of goods hauled by trucks across the Canadian border by
surface trade
71%representing
60% All other imports3%5%8%11%13%
17%11%8%5%257% All other exports
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