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TRUCKING STATISTICS * USA - April Truck Tonnage Plunges 13.2%
Drop Is Biggest in 13 Years; Reading Is Lowest Since 2001
Washington,DC,USA -Transport Topics on Line -27 May 2009: -- Truck tonnage decreased 13.2% in April compared with a year ago, falling to the lowest level in seven-and-a-half years, American Trucking Associations said... The decline in the for-hire seasonally adjusted truck tonnage index was the biggest in 13 years and left tonnage at a reading of 99.2, its lowest level since November 2001... The index fell 2.2% from March, the second consecutive month-to-month decrease, ATA said late Tuesday... Without accounting for seasonal adjustment, the index fell 2.9% from March, while March’s tonnage level had dropped 12.2% from a year earlier... (Photo by maccafan: The US trucks)
* NAFTA Trade Falls 27.9%
Washington,DC,USA -Transport Topics -28 May 2009: -- Surface transportation trade among the United States, Canada and Mexico fell 27.9% in March from a year earlier, the third consecutive month of decline greater than 27%, the Department of Transportation said Thursday... Between February and March, trade with Canada and Mexico rose 6.5%, DOT’s Bureau of Trade Statistics said in its monthly report... Truck imports to the United States dropped 21.5%% to $18.7 billion, while exports fell 18.9% to $18.9 billion... U.S.-Canada trade fell 34.2% to $31 billion. The value of truck imports fell 26.8% and the value of truck exports fell 25.1%... U.S.-Mexico trade fell 15.1% to $20 billion. The value of truck imports fell 15.5% and the value of truck exports fell 6.4%... Labels: trucking statistics
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