Trucking activity is rolling steady at its highest levels since 2022, the American Trucking Association says.
"April's unchanged tonnage level is more impressive when considering that the index increased a total of 4.7% since the end of 2025 and hasn't decreased so far in 2026," says ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello. "The index is back to levels last seen during the fall of 2022."
For April, the ATA's advanced seasonally adjusted for-hire Truck Tonnage Index equaled 117.9, up 3.5% year over year and down very slightly from March's 3.7% increase. During the first four months of the year, tonnage was up 2.6% from the same period last year. In 2025, the tonnage index was flat compared to the 2024 average.
March's seasonally adjusted increase was revised up slightly from what was first reported in the April news release. The not seasonally adjusted index, which calculates raw changes in tonnage hauled, equaled 116.8 in April, 3.4% below March's reading of 120.9.
