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 2019, CBP...

On a Typical Day in Fiscal Year 2019, CBP...

PROCESSED:

  • 1,124,075 passengers and pedestrians:
    • 371,912 incoming international air passengers and crew
    • 70,414 passengers and crew on arriving ship/boat
    • 681,750 incoming land travelers
  • 273,338 incoming privately owned vehicles
  • 78,703 truck, rail, and sea containers
  • $7.3 billion worth of imported products
  • 97,342 entries of merchandise at our air, land, and sea ports of entry
  • $224 million in duties, taxes and other fees, including more than $197 million in duties

CONDUCTED:

  • 2,354 apprehensions between U.S. ports of entry
  • 23 arrests of wanted criminals at U.S. ports of entry
  • 790 refusals of inadmissible persons at U.S. ports of entry

DISCOVERED:

  • 314 pests at U.S. ports of entry and 4,695 materials for quarantine: plant, meat, animal byproduct, and soil

SEIZED:

  • 3,707 pounds of narcotics seized or disrupted
  • $207,356 in undeclared or illicit currency
  • $4.3 million worth of products with Intellectual Property Rights violations

INTERCEPTED:

  • 18 fraudulent documents

EMPLOYED 61,506 MEN AND WOMEN INCLUDING:

  • 24,511 CBP officers
  • 2,465 CBP Agriculture specialists
  • 19,648 Border Patrol agents
  • 597 Air Interdiction agents (pilots)
  • 339 Marine Interdiction agents
  • 296 Aviation Enforcement agents
  • 979 Trade personnel

DEPLOYED:

  • More than 1,411 canine teams and 278 horse patrols

FLEW:

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

UNDERWAY (FLOAT):

  • 66 float hours of enforcement missions in the United States

CONDUCTED OPERATIONS IN:

  • 52 countries with more than 1,700 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 2019 data)

Last Modified: May 11, 2022