Table 1 - Major NAFTA Border Crossings: 1996 and 2000
Monday, September 10, 2012
Table 1 - Major NAFTA Border Crossings: 1996 and 2000
(Trucks crossing into the United States)
| Rank in 2000 | Port name | 1996 (thousands) | 2000 (thousands) | Percentage change (1996-2000) | Average number of trucks per day (1996) | Average number of trucks per day (2000) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit, MI | 1,332 | 1,769 | 32.8 | 3,649 | 4,848 |
| 2 | Laredo, TX | 1,016 | 1,493 | 47 | 2,784 | 4,091 |
| 3 | Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY | 996 | 1,198 | 20.3 | 2,729 | 3,282 |
| 4 | Port Huron, MI | 636 | 839 | 31.9 | 1,742 | 2,299 |
| 5 | El Paso, TX | 556 | 720 | 29.6 | 1,523 | 1,974 |
| 6 | Otay Mesa/San Ysidro, CA | 531 | 688 | 29.6 | 1,455 | 1,886 |
| 7 | Blaine, WA | 402 | 517 | 28.6 | 1,101 | 1,416 |
| 8 | Champlain-Rouses Pt., NY | 279 | 391 | 40.1 | 764 | 1,071 |
| 9 | Hidalgo, TX | 205 | 374 | 82.5 | 562 | 1,025 |
| 10 | Brownsville, TX | 226 | 299 | 32.4 | 619 | 820 |
| 11 | Calexico East/Calexico, CA | 171 | 279 | 63 | 468 | 764 |
| 12 | Alexandria Bay, NY | 203 | 278 | 37.1 | 556 | 763 |
| 13 | Nogales, AZ | 229 | 255 | 11.2 | 627 | 698 |
| 14 | Pembina, ND | 141 | 214 | 52 | 386 | 587 |
| 15 | Calais, ME | 116 | 154 | 32.7 | 318 | 422 |
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, special tabulation, August 2001, based on data from U.S. Department of the Treasury, U.S. Customs Service, Operations Management Warehouse database, May 2001.