NAFTA Trade up 70% since 1997; Highways Provide 90%
Mar 10th, 2008
According to statistics released by the US DOT’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics, the value of US trade with Canada and Mexico has increased 73.5% since 1997. Exports have increased 63.6%, while imports have gone up by 82.0%.
Total trade between the US and the other two countries amounts to $60.9 billion per year, and 90% of that trade moves by land, mostly via highways (trucks).
Between December 2006 and December 2007, surface trade between the three nations increased 3.1%.