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[FIG 15] • NORTH AMERICAN FREIGHT PULSE • BTS TRANSBORDER FREIGHT

North American Freight Pulse: Modal Logistics & Border Asymmetries

“How do physical goods physically traverse the North American perimeter?” — This tracker measures freight value across U.S. northern and southern borders by transport mode: Truck, Rail, Pipeline, Vessel, and Air.

OBSERVATION: Jun 2026
SOURCE RELEASE: 2026-08-20
RETRIEVED: 2026-09-20
[ STATISTICAL CYCLE ]: BTS TransBorder freight releases operate on a 60-day lag (T+60). Reference month: Jun 2026.
NORTH AMERICAN TOTAL: $157.1B USD (+19.9% YoY)
CROSS-BORDER TRUCKING VALUE
$104.4B
YoY Truck Growth:+23.0%
66.5% of all North American transborder freight
PIPELINE ASYMMETRY RATIO
12.8×
Canada vs Mexico Value:$10.2B vs $0.8B
Canada pipeline share: 15.0% • Mexico: 0.9%
U.S.–CANADA FREIGHT
$67.9B
YoY Canada Growth:+17.0%
Truck 52.9% • Pipe 15.0% • Rail 12.5%
U.S.–MEXICO FREIGHT
$89.2B
YoY Mexico Growth:+22.2%
Truck 76.8% • Rail 9.6% • Vessel 4.3%
BORDER CONDUIT ASYMMETRY • CANADA VS MEXICO FREIGHT MODES

How North American Commerce Moves Across Sovereign Perimeters

MODAL VALUE STACK • NORTHERN BORDER ($67.9B) VS SOUTHERN BORDER ($89.2B)JUNE 2026
U.S.–Canada ($67.9B)Truck 52.9% • Pipe 15.0%U.S.–Mexico ($89.2B)Truck 76.8% • Pipe 0.9%TruckPipelineRailVesselAirOther
Mode of TransportationDISAGMOTCanada ValueCanada ShareMexico ValueMexico ShareYoY GrowthAsymmetry Contrast
TruckCode 5$35.90B52.9%$68.50B76.8%+23.0%Mexico +23.9 pp higher share
PipelineCode 7$10.20B15.0%$0.80B0.9%+38.9%Canada 12.8x higher (Oil/Gas Grid)
RailCode 6$8.50B12.5%$8.60B9.6%+11.0%Balanced
Vessel (Water)Code 1$6.60B9.7%$3.80B4.3%+4.0%Balanced
AirCode 3$2.80B4.1%$3.40B3.8%+24.2%Balanced
Other & Electric TransmissionCode 8$3.90B5.7%$4.10B4.6%+7.5%Balanced
PHYSICAL GATEWAYS • MAJOR PORTS OF ENTRY

Major Land and Pipeline Gateways across North America

Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON
CANADA
Primary Mode: Truck & Rail$14.2B (20.9%)

Ambassador Bridge & Gordie Howe International Bridge corridor; Michigan Central Railway Tunnel

Port Huron, MI / Sarnia, ON
CANADA
Primary Mode: Pipeline, Truck & Rail$9.8B (14.4%)

Blue Water Bridge; Enbridge Line 5 & Line 6B pipeline terminal hub

Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY / Fort Erie, ON
CANADA
Primary Mode: Truck & Rail$7.4B (10.9%)

Peace Bridge and Queenston-Lewiston Bridge; CSX / CN intermodal rail connections

International Falls, MN / Fort Frances, ON
CANADA
Primary Mode: Rail & Pipeline$4.1B (6.0%)

CN Transcontinental Rail corridor; primary gateway for Western Canadian potash, lumber, and paper

Sweet Grass, MT / Coutts, AB
CANADA
Primary Mode: Pipeline & Truck$3.6B (5.3%)

CANAMEX corridor connecting Alberta oil sands and petrochemicals to U.S. Intermountain West

Laredo, TX / Nuevo Laredo, TAMPS
MEXICO
Primary Mode: Truck & Rail$28.9B (32.4%)

World Trade Bridge, Colombia Solidarity Bridge, and CPKC International Railway Bridge

El Paso, TX / Ciudad Juárez, CHIH
MEXICO
Primary Mode: Truck & Rail$11.4B (12.8%)

Ysleta-Zaragoza International Bridge; Bridge of the Americas; BNSF/UP rail interchanges

Otay Mesa, CA / Tijuana, BC
MEXICO
Primary Mode: Truck$6.2B (7.0%)

Otay Mesa East Commercial Port; major electronics, medical device, and aerospace assembly corridor

Eagle Pass, TX / Piedras Negras, COAH
MEXICO
Primary Mode: Rail & Truck$4.8B (5.4%)

Union Pacific Eagle Pass Rail Bridge; primary crossing for Mexican automotive assembly exports

Hidalgo / Pharr, TX / Reynosa, TAMPS
MEXICO
Primary Mode: Truck$4.5B (5.0%)

Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge; leading refrigerated produce and consumer goods gateway

PRIMARY DATASET: BTS TRANSBORDER FREIGHT • DISAGMOT MODAL SERIES • U.S. DOT
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), U.S. Department of Transportation (TransBorder Freight Data (DISAGMOT Mode Codes 1=Vessel, 3=Air, 5=Truck, 6=Rail, 7=Pipeline, 8=Other))
LAST UPDATED OBSERVATION: Jun 2026