The agency detailed that Ferromex and Ferrosur registered decreases in freight movement of 14.27% and 16.26%, respectively; the former fell from 16.83 million tons in the same period of 2024 to 14.43 million tons in the first three months of 2025, while the latter fell from 3.67 million tons to 3.07 million tons.

Meanwhile, Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) of Mexico saw a 3.45% annual drop, from 13.21 million tons to 12.76 million tons during the same period.

During the aforementioned cycle, the ARTF explained that of the 31.32 million tons, 8.09 million tons , or 25.82%, corresponded to domestic traffic and 23.24 million tons (74.18%) to international traffic; of this traffic, 17.56 million tons were imported and 5.68 million tons were exported.

“Compared to the January-March 2025 period, domestic traffic decreased by 26.26%, international traffic decreased by 1.97%, imports decreased by 3.16%, and exports increased by 1.88%,” the document, “Pulse of the Railway System Operational March 2025,” stated.

Of the total tons transported during that period, 15.16 million tons were industrial products, 8.46 million were agricultural products, 4.28 million were petroleum products and their derivatives, while 1.80 million were mineral products. The remainder was forestry, inorganic, and animal derivatives, which together amounted to 1.63 million tons.

“Compared to the January-March 2024 period, the only group that showed an increase was the inorganic group,” the ARTF indicated.

The organization emphasized that Tamaulipas and Coahuila stood out among the states with the greatest participation in the movement of goods .

During the first three months of the year, rail traffic of basic goods decreased by 18.34% , from 6.99 million tons to 5.71 million tons.

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In March 2025, border crossings reached one of their best moments: according to data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) , total cross-border cargo between the United States and its North American partners reached a value of 144.8 billion dollars (billion dollars) , an increase of 8.4%compared to the same month of the previous year.

Of that figure, $77.3 billion  corresponded to trade with Mexico, which grew a solid 13% compared to March 2024.

Where is this merchandise moving? Just look at the numbers to understand. Trucking remains the backbone of trade in North America, but it doesn’t stand alone. Other modes gain or lose ground depending on the month and context.

Trucking accounted for the vast majority: $94.2 billion , a 9.5% increase compared to March of last year. But it didn’t travel alone. Air transportsurprised with a 35.5% increase, reaching $6 billion .

Railroads fell slightly to $18.4 billion (-0.6%), as did maritime transport , which fell to $9.1 billion (-10.1%). Pipelines also moved $9.1 billion , a modest increase of 6.1 percent.

And if we focus on Mexico , the picture is that more than $55 billion was transported by road transport in both directions. This was followed by rail, maritime transport, air transport, and, far behind, pipelines. This is how the cargo was distributed between the two countries, mode by mode:

The products most transported by auto transport in the Mexico-US corridor were computers and auto parts (13.8 billion dollars) , electrical machinery (10.6 billion dollars) and vehicles and spare parts (6.9 billion dollars) .

Meanwhile, by rail , the value reached eight thousand 700 million dollars , led by the same products along with beverages and plastics .

The use of pipelines totaled $600 million , while maritime transport moved $6.4 billion , and air transport  $3.3 billion .

In comparison, trade with Canada was $67.5 billion , with growth of 3.7% , with trucking also being the dominant mode, although to a lesser extent than with Mexico.

Another significant piece of data was the rebound in air transport , which recorded the highest percentage growth in the entire region, up 35.5% to reach $6 billion . In contrast, rail and sea shipments contracted slightly in March, falling 0.6% and 10.1% , respectively.

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After analyzing the possible scenarios for the movement of goods to and from outside Mexico at the start of 2025, freight forwarders predict that the first three months of this year will be relatively normal, unless the United States applies a protectionist policy that “could shake up the Mexican export sector.”

“We cannot hide the fact that there is concern among all the actors involved in the country’s foreign trade about the news that will occur in the coming days and months that could impact Mexican foreign trade, in the face of which we must be resilient and consider the different scenarios from now on to seek the least possible impact,” said Juan Pablo Pacheco, president of the Mexican Association of Freight Agents (Amacarga) .

He also commented that despite the uncertain scenario for the country’s foreign trade due to the threats of the next president of the United States to impose tariffs on Mexico, at least in the first quarter of 2025 importers and exporters have backlogs of orders that will continue to be executed normally.

He explained that the same will happen with maritime transport rates, which do not show irregular impacts , beyond the typical effects of seasonality, as is the case of the beginning of the Chinese New Year, which alters the movement of goods worldwide due to a slowdown in activities in the Asian country.

As for the behavior of maritime transport, the organization considered that 2025 begins without surprises and, on the contrary, lower rates are perceived than in previous months.

Juan Pablo Pacheco said one of the risks for the movement to the United States was the possibility of a strike breaking out in some of the most important ports in the neighboring country to the north, but last week, the union and the maritime alliance reached a new contract for 25,000 workers in 14 ports from Texas to Boston, which dispels the risk of a strike on the American east coast.

However, he recalled that we are just a few days away from the start of the Chinese New Year , which impacts the global movement of ships and containers due to the paralysis of activities in that nation, which alters the sector at an international level and causes seasonal movements in rates.

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