NAFTA traffic up sharply in September
Written by William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefThe Bureau of Transportation Statistics of the U.S. Department of Transportation announced Tuesday that trade using surface transportation between the U. S. and its North American Free Trade Agreement partners Canada and Mexico was 19.3% higher in September 2010 than in September 2009, reaching $68.3 billion. It remained 4.8% below September 2008.
In September, 86.9% of U.S. trade by value with Canada and Mexico moved on land, largely by rail, truck, and pipeline. Imports were up 30.6%% compared with September 2000, while exports were up 49.9%.
