Table 25 Top 20 NAFTA Border Truck Crossings into the United States: 1994, 2000, and 2001
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Table 25
Top 20 NAFTA Border Truck Crossings into the United States: 1994, 2000, and
2001
(Thousands of crossings)
| Rank in 2001 | U.S. port | 1994 | 2000 | 2001 | 1994 % | 2001 % | Percentage change, 1994-2001 | Average annual growth rate, (1994-2001) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit, MI | 1,155 | 1,769 | 1,642 | 15.0 | 14.8 | 42.1 | 5.1 |
| 2 | Laredo, TX | 668 | 1,493 | 1,404 | 8.7 | 12.7 | 110.2 | 11.2 |
| 3 | Buffalo-Niagara, NY | 887 | 1,198 | 1,124 | 11.5 | 10.1 | 26.7 | 3.4 |
| 4 | Port Huron, MI | 609 | 839 | 829 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 36.1 | 4.5 |
| 5 | Otay Mesa/San Ysidro, CA | 440 | 688 | 708 | 5.7 | 6.4 | 61.1 | 7.1 |
| 6 | El Paso, TX | 574 | 720 | 661 | 7.4 | 6.0 | 15.1 | 2.0 |
| 7 | Blaine, WA | 324 | 517 | 472 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 45.6 | 5.5 |
| 8 | Champlain-Rouses Pt., NY | 273 | 391 | 382 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 40.1 | 4.9 |
| 9 | Hidalgo, TX | 165 | 374 | 368 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 123.4 | 12.2 |
| 10 | Alexandria Bay, NY | 190 | 278 | 277 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 45.8 | 5.5 |
| 11 | Calexico East/Calexico, CA | U | 279 | 257 | U | 2.3 | U | U |
| 12 | Brownsville, TX | 267 | 299 | 252 | 3.5 | 2.3 | -5.9 | -0.9 |
| 13 | Nogales, AZ | 192 | 255 | 249 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 29.9 | 3.8 |
| 14 | Pembina, ND | 127 | 214 | 220 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 72.7 | 8.1 |
| 15 | Calais, ME | 112 | 154 | 144 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 28.2 | 3.6 |
| 16 | Derby Line, VT | 81 | 139 | 141 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 74.1 | 8.2 |
| 17 | Sweetgrass, MT | 90 | 146 | 140 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 56.6 | 6.6 |
| 18 | Jackman, ME | 99 | 128 | 139 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 40.3 | 5.0 |
| 19 | Sumas, WA | 84 | 123 | 134 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 59.0 | 6.8 |
| 20 | Houlton, ME | 82 | 133 | 126 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 54.0 | 6.4 |
| Subtotal, top 20 ports | 6,419 | 10,138 | 9,668 | 83.2 | 87.2 | 50.6 | 6.0 | |
| Total, all ports | 7,719 | 11,574 | 11,082 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 43.6 | 5.3 | |
| Total, from Mexico | 2,763 | 4,526 | 4,305 | 35.8 | 38.8 | 55.8 | 6.5 | |
| Total, from Canada | 4,956 | 7,048 | 6,777 | 64.2 | 61.2 | 36.7 | 4.6 |
NOTE: Data represent the number of truck crossings, not the number of unique vehicles, and include both loaded and unloaded trucks. Data for the port of Calexico are typically reported as a combined total with Calexico East.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, March 2001; based on data from U.S. Customs Service, Mission Support Services, Office of Field Operations, Operations Management CD, 2001.