BUFFALO, NY. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection has released the 2017 Trade and Travel Report.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection employees from the Buffalo Field Office, Office of Field Operations, had a successful fiscal year in 2017, which began October 1, 2016 and ended September 30, 2017. The Buffalo Field Office, which covers 16 ports of entry in New York, made 640 narcotic seizures - a six percent increase from fiscal year 2016 and over 500 arrests, also a six percent increase from fiscal year 2016.
Port of Entry, Buffalo, N.Y.
Efforts also resulted in significant trade enforcement activity with over 1,300 seizures involving trade violations and over 1,200 seizures of Intellectual Property Rights violations. Both categories represented more than 28 percent increases compared to fiscal year 2016.
“The employees in the Buffalo Field Office work vigilantly throughout the year to protect our borders,” said Buffalo Field Office Director Rose Brophy. “Their dedication and commitment to the mission are steadfast as depicted by the enforcement statistics shown below.”
Buffalo Field Office – Office of Field Operations Enforcement and Traffic Statistics Summary
Fiscal year 2017 (October 1, 2016, through September 30, 2017)
Enforcement Statistics | Traffic Statistics | ||||
Narcotic Seizures | 640 | Port of Entry | Personal Vehicles | Trucks | |
Arrests | 507 | ||||
Currency Seizures | 10 Totaling: $144,733 | Buffalo | 4,814,967 | 960,791 | |
Merchandise Seizures | 1,564 Totaling: $2,133,393 | Champlain | 1,004,351 | 309,327 | |
Inadmissibles | 11,340 | Trout River | 149,279 | 16,586 | |
Agriculture Pest Interceptions | 1,374 | Alex Bay | 594,002 | 204,264 | |
Trade Seizures | 1,331 Totaling: $1,712,599 DV |
| Massena | 855,787 | 27,256 |
Intellectual Property Rights Seizures | 1,230 Totaling: $1,576,944 DV |
| Ogdensburg | 292,808 | 39,283 |
Note: DV refers to domestic value |
| Totals | 7,711,194 | 1,557,507 | |