THE U.S.-MEXICO CROSS-BORDER FREIGHT MARKET: PROSPECTS FOR MEXICAN TRUCKERS

This article attempts to define some key characteristics of the U.S.-Mexico transportation market. The authors hope to contribute to the ongoing binational discussion by giving the various participants a better sense of the size of the market and the stakes involved in the negotiation. The article concentrates on the northbound flow of traffic because the data are more definitive and because the authors believe that Mexican carriers will use this traffic as a basis for entering the U.S. market. The authors also point out operational issues which will condition Mexican participation in the transborder transport market. It seems likely that U.S. shippers and receivers will want to consider using Mexican carriers because of their lower costs.

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  American Society of Transportation and Logistics

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• Authors:
  • Maltz, A B
  • Giermanski, J R
  • Molina, D
• Publication Date: 1996

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 5-19
• Serial:
  • Transportation Journal
  • Volume: 36
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: American Society of Transportation and Logistics
  • ISSN: 0041-1612
  • Serial URL: https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/transportation-journal

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economics; Freight traffic; International trade; Markets; Trade; Trucking
• Geographic Terms: Mexico; United States
• Old TRIS Terms: Freight markets; Trade analysis
• Subject Areas: Economics; Freight Transportation; Highways; Motor Carriers; Planning and Forecasting; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00730176
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 31 1997 12:00AM