The same trailer crosses with far more valuable cargo than in 2018

Imports from Mexico by truck through Port Laredo, April of each year (March for 2026), indexed to April 2018 = 100 and adjusted for import price inflation.

Real value per kg up 53.6% since 2018. Weight per truck down 3.3%. Value and weight from TransBorder DOT3 truck-mode imports; truck counts from BTS border crossings; deflated with the BLS all-commodity import price index.
Chart: Daniel Covarrubias, The BridgeSource: BTS TransBorder Freight Data; BTS Border Crossing/Entry Data; BLS import price indexGet the dataCreated with Datawrapper