Surface Trade With Canada, Mexico Up 6.2% in 2012
Trade using surface transportation between the U.S. and Canada and Mexico was up 6.2 percent in 2012 compared to 2011, reaching $960 billion, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics of the U.S. Department of Transportation. That's the highest annual…
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amount of surface trade since NAFTA went into effect in 1994, said BTS. U.S. imports by surface mode increased 5.6 percent in 2012 from 2011, while surface-based exports increased 6.9 percent during the same period, it said.