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On a Typical Day in Fiscal Year 2018, CBP...

PROCESSED:

  • 1,133,914 passengers and pedestrians
  • 358,448 incoming international air passengers and crew
    • 78,912 passengers and crew on arriving ship/boat
    • 696,555 incoming land travelers
  • 285,925 incoming privately owned vehicles
  • 81,438 truck, rail, and sea containers
  • $7.7 billion worth of imported products
  • 95,890 entries of merchandise at our air, land, and sea ports of entry
  • $144 million in duties, taxes and other fees, including more than $133 million in duties

CONDUCTED:

  • 1,107 apprehensions between U.S. ports of entry
  • 75 arrests of wanted criminals at U.S. ports of entry
  • 764 refusals of inadmissible persons at U.S. ports of entry

DISCOVERED:

  • 319 pests at U.S. ports of entry and 4,552 materials for quarantine: plant, meat, animal byproduct, and soil

SEIZED:

  • 4,657 pounds of narcotics; disrupted 171 pounds of narcotics
  • $290,411 in undeclared or illicit currency
  • $3.7 million worth of products with Intellectual Property Rights violations

INTERCEPTED:

  • 16 fraudulent documents

EMPLOYED 60,014 MEN AND WOMEN INCLUDING:

  • 23,477 CBP officers
  • 2,430 CBP Agriculture specialists
  • 19,555 Border Patrol agents
  • 592 Air Interdiction agents (pilots)
  • 343 Marine Interdiction agents
  • 265 Aviation Enforcement agents
  • 937 Trade personnel

DEPLOYED:

  • More than 1,421 canine teams and 364 horse patrols

FLEW:

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

UNDERWAY (FLOAT):

  • 74 float hours of enforcement missions in the United States

CONDUCTED OPERATIONS IN:

  • 52 countries with more than 866 CBP employees working internationally
  • 328 ports of entry within 20 field offices
  • 135  Border Patrol stations within 20 sectors including 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 2018 data)

Last Modified: May 11, 2022