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The Texas Border

Latest · August 2026
$69.2B
+30.7% vs a year ago

In August 2026, Texas land ports moved $69.2B in goods, all modes: 80% of the trade across the whole U.S.–Mexico border.

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$700B
Goods trade through Texas ports
12 months to August 2026
+16.4%
Against the 12 months before
Imports plus exports
80.1%
Of all U.S.–Mexico border trade
Texas share, last 12 months
56.2%
Of Texas trade through Laredo
One port, last 12 months
Texas ports · trailing 12 months

From Brownsville to El Paso

Each bar is a Texas port's trade over the 12 months that end in the month shown. Press play to run it from the start of the record, or switch to trucks.

12 months to August 2026
  1. 5Brownsville$21.4B3.1%
  2. 6Del Rio$6.2B0.9%
  3. 4Eagle Pass$45.4B6.5%
  4. 1Laredo$393.5B56.2%
  5. 3Hidalgo$45.7B6.5%
  6. 10Rio Grande City$200M0.0%
  7. 8Progreso$500M0.1%
  8. 7Roma$1.0B0.1%
  9. 9Presidio$400M0.1%
  10. 2El Paso Area$185.8B26.5%
2018 to 2026

Trade is Census imports plus exports by port, all modes. The El Paso Area combines Ysleta, El Paso and Tornillo, the Texas Comptroller's method. Trucks are BTS counts of trucks entering the United States.

2018 to 2024El Paso Area · goods trade, $ billions per month · all modes
05102018201920202021202220232024
2018 to 2024

A steady second

For 7 years the El Paso Area moved between $3.6B and $9.9B a month, the clear number two behind Laredo and never close to it.

2025 onward

The takeoff

From $8.7B in December 2024, the monthly figure climbed through 2025 and kept climbing. Imports through the El Paso Area went from $66.6B in 2024 to $94.3B in 2025; exports from $42.5B to $53.1B.

August 2026

Where it stands

August 2026: $19.8B, after a peak of $21.9B in July 2026.

Every Texas port

Ten doors, ten shapes

Monthly goods trade through each Texas land port, each on its own scale, with the last 12 months against the 12 before. Point at a line to read a month.

Laredo
$393.5B+12.6% vs prior 12 mo
56.2% of Texas trade, last 12 months
El Paso Area
$185.8B+40.1% vs prior 12 mo
26.5% of Texas trade, last 12 months
Hidalgo
$45.7B+0.8% vs prior 12 mo
6.5% of Texas trade, last 12 months
Eagle Pass
$45.4B+5.5% vs prior 12 mo
6.5% of Texas trade, last 12 months
Brownsville
$21.4B−5.8% vs prior 12 mo
3.1% of Texas trade, last 12 months
Del Rio
$6.2B+15.0% vs prior 12 mo
0.9% of Texas trade, last 12 months
Roma
$998M+14.2% vs prior 12 mo
0.1% of Texas trade, last 12 months
Progreso
$455M−51.5% vs prior 12 mo
Under 0.1% of Texas trade, last 12 months
Presidio
$432M+0.6% vs prior 12 mo
Under 0.1% of Texas trade, last 12 months
Rio Grande City
$242M−69.9% vs prior 12 mo
Under 0.1% of Texas trade, last 12 months
Year over year · every month

Every month at a glance

Each cell compares a month of goods trade through the Texas land ports with the same month a year earlier. Blue is growth, red is contraction, and the deeper the color, the bigger the move.

Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Avg
2019
+1.5
−0.4
−0.1
−0.7
+2.2
−3.4
+1.3
−1.8
−2.1
−4.5
−3.6
−0.6
−1.0%
2020
−0.3
+4.3
−4.2
−48.2
−53.3
−14.3
−5.5
−8.2
+1.0
+4.7
+4.0
+10.0
−9.2%
2021
+2.4
+3.4
+16.5
+106.2
+112.1
+31.4
+13.0
+18.1
+11.5
+6.2
+13.6
+15.2
+29.1%
2022
+14.2
+11.5
+15.0
+16.3
+24.7
+18.0
+16.2
+22.5
+19.9
+17.9
+9.9
+8.4
+16.2%
2023
+13.2
+11.5
+9.1
+2.9
+6.3
+3.1
+1.5
+1.1
−4.7
+1.8
+3.5
−2.9
+3.9%
2024
+2.3
+10.0
−3.8
+13.4
+3.3
+1.0
+10.4
+6.5
+13.4
+9.1
+8.5
+9.3
+6.9%
2025
+9.3
+5.8
+17.6
+2.0
+9.1
+10.9
+11.1
+4.8
+8.4
+10.5
+7.3
+12.5
+9.1%
2026
+8.0
+10.5
+7.8
+21.2
+20.5
+25.1
+30.9
+30.7
+19.3%8 mo
The desk's read

Texas is the number one exporting state in the country, and its border carries the largest bilateral trade relationship at the state level. That success is also its exposure. Our trilateral vulnerability analysis puts 805,000 Texas jobs in the trade-exposed column, the highest of any state. The same corridor that makes Texas rich makes it the first to feel a tariff shock or a change to the rules of origin.

Watch the auto and machinery lines, because they concentrate both the value and the risk.

Data provenance
Trade value by Texas portCurrent
Source
U.S. Census Bureau, International Trade (Texas Schedule D)
Geography
Texas land ports
Frequency
Monthly, rolling 12 months
Next update
~5–6 weeks after the reference month
Revision
Historical values may be revised
Truck crossings by Texas portCurrent
Source
U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Border Crossing/Entry Data
Geography
Texas land ports
Frequency
Monthly
Next update
~2-month lag after the reference month
Revision
Historical values may be revised
Texas export rankCurrent
Source
U.S. Census Bureau, state export data
Geography
State of Texas
Frequency
Quarterly and annual
Revision
Historical values may be revised

Figures are pulled from the Census and BTS APIs and refreshed every few minutes; each reflects the latest official release on the agency's schedule.

Cite this dashboard

Covarrubias, D. (2026). The Texas–Mexico Border: Trade and Crossings by Port. https://labs.drdanielcovarrubias.com/texas-border.