Borderlands Mexico: US takes 76% of vehicle exports as September shipments plunge
FreightWaves · Oct 11, 2026
This week in Borderlands Mexico: US takes 76% of vehicle exports as September shipments plunge; DSV expands US-Mexico freight operations with new McAllen office; and Texas university seeks $772,700 for AI-powered Laredo freight project.
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What this moves
Context or analysis — nothing has stopped moving.
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The corridor
US–Mexico & US–Canada land crossings
Domestic corridorNorth AmericaLaredo, Otay Mesa, El Paso, Detroit–Windsor and Buffalo–Fort Erie carry the overwhelming majority of North American surface trade. Nearshoring has made these crossings, rather than the ocean ports, the growth constraint for a lot of US import volume.
- Inspection-intensity changes cut effective throughput within hours, with no change in physical infrastructure — a policy decision behaves like a capacity cut.
- Crossing queues are highly concentrated: Laredo alone handles a large share of US–Mexico truck freight, so a single crossing's problem is a national one.
- Tariff and customs-procedure changes produce front-loading surges ahead of an effective date, then a slump after it, distorting volumes in both directions.
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