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Appendix 4

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Top 10 Ports for Truck Crossings into the U.S. from Canada: 2001 - 2005

(Number of crossings)

Port Name 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005* Percent change
01-05		 Percent change
04-05
Detroit, MI 1,642,042 1,670,565 1,634,319 1,701,452 1,745,318 6.3 2.6
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 1,123,971 1,208,095 1,162,961 1,175,254 1,142,411 1.6 −2.8
Port Huron, MI 828,802 907,729 928,074 945,962 922,401 11.3 −2.5
Champlain-Rouses Pt., NY 382,319 371,059 387,962 397,317 388,869 1.7 −2.1
Blaine, WA 471,731 410,256 365,089 371,701 354,264 −24.9 −4.7
Alexandria Bay/Cape Vincent, NY 277,159 305,516 297,220 252,745 232,186 −16.2 −8.1
Pembina, ND 219,733 203,416 201,761 208,035 198,843 −9.5 −4.4
Sumas, WA 133,648 144,586 131,455 136,807 146,625 9.7 7.2
Calais, ME 143,659 133,432 135,260 137,574 138,494 −3.6 0.7
Derby Line, VT 141,444 142,283 136,521 136,353 134,130 −5.2 −1.6

Top 10 Ports for Truck Crossings into the U.S. from Mexico: 2001 - 2005

(Number of crossings)

Port Name 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005* Percent change
01-05		 Percent change
04-05
Laredo, TX 1,403,914 1,441,653 1,354,229 1,391,850 1,455,607 3.7 4.6
Hidalgo, TX 368,395 390,282 406,064 454,351 843,889 129.1 85.7
El Paso, TX 660,583 705,199 659,614 719,545 740,654 12.1 2.9
Otay Mesa/San Ysidro, CA 708,446 731,291 697,152 726,164 730,253 3.1 0.6
Calexico East, CA 256,715 276,390 261,140 312,227 320,212 24.7 2.6
Nogales, AZ 249,237 242,237 243,365 247,553 266,233 6.8 7.5
Brownsville, TX 251,613 248,869 229,389 226,289 234,640 −6.7 3.7
Eagle Pass, TX 97,658 89,856 88,272 100,100 97,729 0.1 −2.4
Tecate, CA 60,887 57,655 59,363 69,670 69,586 14.3 −0.1
Del Rio, TX 59,942 72,039 65,609 64,061 64,075 6.9 0.0

Top 10 Ports for Truck Container (loaded and empty) Crossings into the U.S. from Canada: 2001 - 2005

(Number of crossings)

Port Name 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005* Percent change
01-05		 Percent change
04-05
Detroit, MI 1,722,185 1,668,496 1,588,769 1,638,062 1,678,177 −2.6 2.4
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 1,123,481 1,208,096 1,162,950 1,175,884 1,142,274 1.7 −2.9
Port Huron, MI 813,616 907,291 927,740 947,907 924,776 13.7 −2.4
Champlain-Rouses Pt., NY 369,194 351,000 378,783 381,434 374,524 1.4 −1.8
Blaine, WA 482,611 409,786 338,762 377,645 346,691 −28.2 −8.2
Alexandria Bay/Cape Vincent, NY 252,170 305,234 301,163 259,871 337,909 34.0 30.0
Pembina, ND 219,392 203,501 200,982 218,698 222,155 1.3 1.6
Sumas, WA 134,246 149,949 133,131 140,112 163,552 21.8 16.7
Calais, ME 144,168 133,350 131,323 134,322 136,832 −5.1 1.9
Derby Line, VT 135,712 131,843 126,735 127,233 133,406 −1.7 4.9

Top 10 Ports for Truck Container (loaded and empty) Crossings into the U.S. from Mexico: 2001 - 2005

(Number of crossings)

Port Name 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005* Percent change
01-05		 Percent change
04-05
Laredo, TX 1,404,683 1,437,580 1,345,099 1,387,648 1,455,504 3.6 4.9
Otay Mesa/San Ysidro, CA 715,847 726,318 711,526 726,166 744,278 4.0 2.5
El Paso, TX 667,155 714,931 665,422 717,245 734,851 10.1 2.5
Hidalgo, TX 364,138 386,985 405,238 453,222 494,572 35.8 9.1
Calexico East, CA 235,739 291,116 317,709 337,360 311,136 32.0 −7.8
Nogales, AZ 249,662 248,190 243,766 248,979 268,358 7.5 7.8
Brownsville, TX 254,301 247,047 225,441 229,688 238,956 −6.0 4.0
Eagle Pass, TX 97,654 89,633 88,272 100,100 97,736 0.1 −2.4
Tecate, CA 60,954 57,573 59,465 69,652 70,270 15.3 0.9
Del Rio, TX 61,665 68,267 61,976 57,492 58,464 −5.2 1.7

Top 10 Ports for Train Crossings into the U.S. from Canada: 2001 - 2005

(Number of crossings)

Port Name 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005* Percent change
01-05		 Percent change
04-05
Port Huron, MI 5,518 4,707 5,447 5,276 6,344 15.0 20.2
International Falls, MN 3,650 3,662 3,928 3,720 3,980 9.0 7.0
Detroit, MI 4,098 4,278 4,246 3,936 3,602 −12.1 −8.5
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 3,107 3,320 2,963 2,976 2,918 −6.1 −1.9
Warroad, MN 2,817 2,953 3,062 2,656 2,551 −9.4 −4.0
Portal, ND 1,756 1,977 2,096 1,998 2,167 23.4 8.5
Baudette, MN 2,110 2,001 2,416 2,053 1,568 −25.7 −23.6
Blaine, WA 1,537 1,385 1,473 1,725 1,537 0.0 −10.9
Champlain-Rouses Pt., NY 1,404 1,247 1,164 1,360 1,321 −5.9 −2.9
Eastport, ID 703 845 934 1,000 1,130 60.7 13.0

Top 10 Ports for Train Crossings into the U.S. from Mexico: 2001 - 2005

(Number of crossings)

Port Name 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005* Percent change
01-05		 Percent change
04-05
Laredo, TX 2,941 3,270 3,510 3,443 3,459 17.6 0.5
Eagle Pass, TX 1,676 1,718 1,624 1,653 1,812 8.1 9.6
El Paso, TX 785 620 629 744 1,618 106.1 117.5
Brownsville, TX 803 964 1,045 998 1,045 30.1 4.7
Nogales, AZ 635 607 457 444 785 23.6 76.8
Calexico East, CA 246 248 230 273 415 68.7 52.0
Otay Mesa/San Ysidro, CA 232 230 230 272 239 3.0 −12.1
Tecate, CA 150 100 49 17 73 −51.3 329.4

Top 10 Ports for Rail Container Crossings (loaded and empty) into the U.S. from Canada: 2001 - 2005

(Number of crossings)

Port Name 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005* Percent change
01-05		 Percent change
04-05
Port Huron, MI 449,299 424,635 458,551 474,175 457,275 1.8 −3.6
International Falls, MN 205,430 238,515 252,699 259,165 251,118 22.2 −3.1
Portal, ND 168,137 199,637 217,390 224,896 231,832 37.9 3.1
Detroit, MI 304,591 293,300 254,688 234,823 231,482 −24.0 −1.4
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 150,525 149,359 149,916 153,665 153,772 2.2 0.1
Blaine, WA 73,713 86,232 98,752 122,556 123,209 67.1 0.5
Champlain-Rouses Pt., NY 78,799 74,035 68,762 77,027 90,716 15.1 17.8
Eastport, ID 59,323 65,171 74,499 78,133 88,821 49.7 13.7
Noyes, MN 69,452 79,945 72,933 74,492 71,666 3.2 −3.8
Trout River/Fort Covington/Chateaugay, NY 32,241 32,964 38,920 45,420 50,748 57.4 11.7

Top Ports for Rail Container Crossings (loaded and empty) into the U.S. from Mexico: 2001 - 2005

(Number of crossings)

Port Name 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005* Percent change
01-05		 Percent change
04-05
Laredo, TX 273,935 296,782 313,244 317,061 316,402 15.5 −0.2
El Paso, TX 44,537 47,410 50,893 110,992 143,741 222.7 29.5
Brownsville, TX 101,787 96,591 98,622 97,803 105,175 3.3 7.5
Eagle Pass, TX 93,108 98,236 88,329 87,459 98,089 5.3 12.2
Nogales, AZ 58,667 52,236 45,685 46,899 46,831 −20.2 −0.1
Calexico East, CA 5,460 5,549 6,924 9,568 12,358 126.3 29.2
Otay Mesa/San Ysidro, CA 3,453 3,548 3,441 5,491 5,862 69.8 6.8

Note: Border crossing data accounts for incoming vehicles only

* 2005 Border Crossing Data are preliminary

Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, based on data from the Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection, Office of Management Reporting, Data Warehouse CD-ROM, December 2001 - December 2005
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