On A Typical Day For Custom And Border Protection-Fiscal Year 2017

U.S. Customs and Border Protection, CBP, is one of the world’s largest law enforcement organizations and is charged with keeping terrorists and their weapons out of the U.S. while facilitating lawful international travel and trade…

With more than 60,000 employees, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, CBP, is one of the world’s largest law enforcement organizations and is charged with keeping terrorists and their weapons out of the U.S. while facilitating lawful international travel and trade.

As the United States’ first unified border entity, CBP takes a comprehensive approach to border management and control, combining customs, immigration, border security, and agricultural protection into one coordinated and supportive activity.

The men and women of CBP are responsible for enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws and regulations. On a typical day, CBP welcomes nearly one million visitors, screens more than 67,000 cargo containers, arrests more than 1,100 individuals, and seizes nearly 6 tons of illicit drugs.

Annually, CBP facilitates an average of more than $3 trillion in legitimate trade while enforcing U.S. trade laws.

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
• 1,088,300 passengers and pedestrians

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