Table 6-5b,,,
"Top Land Freight Crossing Ports, Mexican-U.S. Border: 1996",,,
(Thousands of truck or rail car crossings),,,
,,,
Port name ,Northbound,Southbound,Total
,,,
Truck,,,
"    Mexico-U.S. border, total ","3,235",N,N
"       Laredo, TX/Nuevo Laredo, Tamps. ","1,016",517,U
"       El Paso, TX/Ciudad Juárez, Chih. ",556,N,N
"       Otay Mesa, CA/Tijuana, B.C. ",531,N,N
"       Nogales, AZ/Nogales, Son. ",229,N,N
"       Brownsville, TX/Matamoros, Tamps. ",226,198,424
,,,
Rail (number of full and empty rail cars),,,
"    Mexico-U.S. border, total ",286,201,487
"       Laredo, TX/Nuevo Laredo, Tamps. ",116,112,228
"       Eagle Pass, TX/Piedras Negras, Coah. ",62,39,101
"       Brownsville, TX/Matamoros, Tamps. ",51,16,67
"       El Paso, TX/Ciudad Juárez, Chih. ",22,16,38
"       Nogales, AZ/ Nogales, Son. ",25,6,31
KEY: N = Data are nonexistent.     U = Data are unavailable.,,,
NOTES,,,
North and Southbound,,,
"Truck: Data represent the number of truck crossings, not the number of unique vehicles.",,,
Northbound,,,
Trucks: Data are for loaded and empty trucks.,,,
Rail: Data include both loaded and unloaded rail cars.,,,
Southbound,,,
"Laredo, TX/Nuevo Laredo, Tamps., Trucks: Data are for loaded trucks only.",,,
"Brownsville, TX/Matamoros, Tamps., Trucks: Data are for loaded and empty trucks.",,,
Rail: Data include both loaded and unloaded rail cars.,,,
SOURCES,
Northbound,
U.S. Department of Treasury. U.S. Customs Service. Office of Field Operations. Operations Management Database. Special tabulation.,
"(Washington, DC: 1998).",
Southbound,
"Trucks: Data compiled by Texas A&M International University, Texas Center for Border Economic and Enterprise Development based",
on original data from bridge operators. Web site: www.tamiu.edu/coba/txcntr/,
"Rail: Instituto Mexicano del Transporte. Manual Estadístico del Sector Transporte 1996. (Querétaro, Qro.: 1998).",