Skip to main content

An official website of the United States government

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

  1. Home
  2. Newsroom
  3. Stats and Summaries
  4. On a Typical Day in Fiscal Year 2017, CBP...

On a Typical Day in Fiscal Year 2017, CBP...

PROCESSED:

  • 1,088,300 passengers and pedestrians
    • 340,444 incoming international air passengers and crew
    • 55,709 passengers and crew on arriving ship/boat
    • 691,549 incoming land travelers
  • 283,664 incoming privately owned vehicles
  • 78,137 truck, rail, and sea containers
  • $6.5 billion worth of imported products
  • 90,959 entries of merchandise at our air, land, and sea ports of entry
  • $120.5 million in duties, taxes and other fees, including more than $94.8 million in duties

CONDUCTED:

  • 851 apprehensions between U.S. ports of entry
  • 21 arrests of wanted criminals at U.S. ports of entry
  • 592 refusals of inadmissible persons at U.S. ports of entry

DISCOVERED:

  • 352 pests at U.S. ports of entry and 4,638 materials for quarantine: plant, meat, animal byproduct, and soil

SEIZED:

  • 5,863 pounds of narcotics; disrupted 222 pounds of narcotics
  • $265,205 in undeclared or illicit currency
  • $3.3 million worth of products with Intellectual Property Rights violations

IDENTIFIED:

  • 1607 individuals with suspected national security concerns

INTERCEPTED:

  • 12 fraudulent documents

EMPLOYED 59,178 MEN AND WOMEN INCLUDING:

  • 23,079 CBP officers
  • 2,423 CBP Agriculture specialists
  • 19,437 Border Patrol agents
  • 610 Air Interdiction agents (pilots)
  • 337 Marine Interdiction agents
  • 256 Aviation Enforcement agents
  • 883 Trade personnel 

DEPLOYED:

  • More than 1501 canine teams and 375 horse patrols

FLEW:

  • 212 enforcement hours at and beyond the border, and within the nation's interior

UNDERWAY (FLOAT):

  • 72 float hours of enforcement missions in the United States

CONDUCTED OPERATIONS IN:

  • 50 countries with more than 868 CBP employees working internationally
  • 328 ports of entry within 20 field offices
  • 135 Border Patrol stations and 5 substations within 20 sectors, with 35 immigration checkpoints
  • 74 Air and Marine Operations locations, including branches and units, National Air Security Operations Centers, and the Air and Marine Operations Center

(Based on FY 2017 Data)

Last Modified: May 11, 2022