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On a Typical Day in Fiscal Year 2022, CBP...

  • Processed:
    • 868,867 passengers and pedestrians:
      • 263,000 incoming international air passengers and crew
      • 58,549 passengers and crew on arriving ship/boat
      • 547,318 incoming land travelers
    • 91,605 truck, rail, and sea containers
    • 226,589 incoming privately owned vehicles
    • $9.2 billion worth of imported products
    • 107,000 entries of merchandise at our air, land, and seaports of entry
    • $306 million in duties, taxes, and other fees, including more than $287 million in duties
  • Conducted:
    • 3,179 apprehensions between U.S. ports of entry
    • 41 arrests of wanted criminals at U.S. ports of entry
    • 1,377 refusals of inadmissible persons at U.S. ports of entry
  • Discovered:
    • 240 pests at U.S. ports of entry and 2,677 materials for quarantine: plant, meat, animal byproduct, and soil
  • Seized:
    • 2,895 pounds of drugs
    • $217,700 illicit currency seized
    • $8 million worth of products with Intellectual Property Rights violations
  • Intercepted:
    • 8 fraudulent documents
  • Employed:
    • 63,843 men and women
    • 25,836 CBP officers
    • 2,668 CBP Agriculture Specialists
    • 19,357 Border Patrol agents
    • 569 Air interdiction agents (pilots)
    • 364 Marine interdiction agents
    • 363 Aviation enforcement agents
    • 1,104 Trade personnel
  • Deployed:
    • More than 700 canine teams and 101 horse patrols
  • Flew:
    • 224 hours enforcement missions over the United States
  • Underway (float):
    • Underway 78 float hours of enforcement missions in the United States
  • Conducted operations in:
    • 22 countries with 33 International Affairs employees working abroad  
    • 328 ports of entry within 20 field offices
    • 129 Border Patrol stations within 22 sectors, with 35 permanent checkpoints
    • 75 Air and Marine Operations locations, including branches and units, National Air Security Operations Centers, and the Air and Marine Operations Center

Note: The statistics provided are approximate daily averages.

Based on FY2022 Statistics 

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  • Last Modified: January 30, 2023