San Diego Association of Governments

COMMITTEE ON BINATIONAL REGIONAL OPPORTUNITIES September 1, 2015

AGENDA ITEM NO.:

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Action Requested: INFORMATION

2014 SAN DIEGO–BAJA CALIFORNIA BORDER CROSSINGS AND TRADE STATISTICS

File Number 3400200

Introduction This report presents a summary of border crossings and trade statistics at the San Diego– Baja California land Ports of Entry (POE) from 1998 to 2014. Data was gathered from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration, based on data from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection, and is presented in two main categories: vehicles (private vehicles, buses, and trucks) and individuals (pedestrians and passengers in vehicles). For trade statistics, the two main categories are trade carried by truck and by rail. Discussion The San Diego–Baja California region has three land POEs: San Ysidro–Puerta México–El Chaparral, Otay Mesa–Mesa de Otay, and Tecate–Tecate. Plans for two other POEs are underway, but are not covered in this report as they are not yet in operation: the San Diego–Tijuana Airport Cross-Border Xpress (CBX) hybrid POE facility, and the Otay Mesa East–Mesa de Otay II POE. The San Ysidro–Puerta México–El Chaparral POE is one of the world’s busiest international land border crossings, while the Otay Mesa–Mesa de Otay POE is the main commercial gateway for international trade between California and Baja California, Mexico, and ranks third overall in commercial operations along the southern border. Lastly, the Tecate–Tecate POE is the smallest POE in the region, and is located in the eastern portion of San Diego County. Over the past two decades, the San Diego-Baja California border region has fluctuations in crossborder travel at the three POEs. While there are numerous factors that have played into the dynamics of crossborder travel behavior, general trends have shown gradual increases in the 1990searly 2000s, and gradual decreases from the early 2000s to 2009. However, more recently from 2010 to 2014, overall statistics are showing increasing trends in the following categories: San Ysidro pedestrian crossings (2010-2014); Otay Mesa total vehicles, total individual crossings (2011 to 2014), and total trade (2010-2014); and Tecate total individual crossings (2011 to 2014), and total trucks (2013 and 2014 ). San Ysidro–Puerta México–El Chaparral POE The San Ysidro–Puerta México–El Chaparral POE amassed more than 29.5 million total individual crossings from Tijuana to San Diego in 2014. It is estimated that a similar number of southbound crossings occurred from San Diego to Tijuana, meaning there were approximately 59 million total

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crossings through this POE last year. As a point of reference, the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) handled over 70.5 million total passengers in 2014. 1

Vehicle St at ist ics

Table 1 San Ysidro Port of Entry - Northbound Vehicle Crossings Year

Tot al Vehicles

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

14,582,249 15,377,586 15,338,672 15,104,243 16,538,808 17,519,301 17,730,976 17,314,036 17,235,795 15,793,988 13,760,116 13,427,337 13,418,912 12,433,956 11,550,145 11,407,139 12,003,231

Source:

% Annual Change Privat e Vehicles Tot al Vehicles

5.5% -0.3% -1.5% 9.5% 5.9% 1.2% -2.4% -0.5% -8.4% -12.9% -2.4% -0.1% -7.3% -7.1% -1.2% 5.2%

14,474,686 15,269,561 15,237,428 15,001,616 16,441,766 17,408,481 17,621,030 17,208,106 17,135,163 15,696,262 13,672,329 13,354,887 13,348,364 12,373,011 11,481,951 11,346,966 11,946,060

% Annual Change Privat e Vehicles

5.5% -0.2% -1.5% 9.6% 5.9% 1.2% -2.3% -0.4% -8.4% -12.9% -2.3% 0.0% -7.3% -7.2% -1.2% 5.3%

Buses

107,563 108,025 101,244 102,627 97,042 110,820 109,946 105,930 100,632 97,726 87,787 72,450 70,548 60,945 68,194 60,173 57,171

% Annual Change Buses

0.4% -6.3% 1.4% -5.4% 14.2% -0.8% -3.7% -5.0% -2.9% -10.2% -17.5% -2.6% -13.6% 11.9% -11.8% -5.0%

U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Border Crossing/Entry Data, based on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection.

As shown in Table 1, the total number of northbound vehicular border crossings at the San Ysidro– Puerta México–El Chaparral POE steadily increased from 1998 to 2004, with the exception of 2000 and 2001. However, from 2005 to 2013, total vehicle border crossings, which include buses and private vehicles, experienced a downward annual tendency. However, in 2014, the POE has experienced a 5.2 percent increase in total vehicle crossings between 2013 and 2014. Additionally, since 2010, this POE has undertaken a major reconfiguration and expansion project that is expected to be completed in 2019. The northbound individual crossing statistics at the San Ysidro–Puerta México–El Chaparral POE (Table 2) follow a similar pattern to the vehicular data. However, from 2004 to 2013, the total number of individual crossings declined 35.9 percent, but similar to total vehicle crossings, the POE has shown an increase of over 5 percent in total individual crossings between 2013 and 2014. Additionally, the number of northbound passengers in private vehicles and buses has shown a similar trend; after steadily increasing passenger numbers from 1998 to 2003 (with the exception of the year 2000), the total number has declined by 49.5 percent from its high in 2003 to its low in 2013. However, between 2013 and 2014, total private vehicles and buses crossings went up by 5.9 percent.

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LAX-Los Angeles World Airports “Statistics-Ten Year Summary-Passengers” www.lawa.org/welcome_LAX.aspx?id=800

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Individual St at ist ics

Table 2 San Ysidro Port of Entry - Northbound Individual Crossings Year

Tot al Individual Crossings

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

39,644,307 42,005,306 39,351,555 45,336,547 45,274,997 48,727,602 43,872,934 41,417,164 40,740,621 37,022,194 33,310,098 30,576,138 30,590,858 30,444,678 28,662,981 28,136,014 29,532,518

Source:

% Annual Change Tot al Passengers % Annual Change Tot al Passengers (Privat e Tot al Individual (Privat e Vehicles Vehicles and Buses) Crossings and Buses)

6.0% -6.3% 15.2% -0.1% 7.6% -10.0% -5.6% -1.6% -9.1% -10.0% -8.2% 0.0% -0.5% -5.9% -1.8% 5.0%

32,734,925 34,447,132 31,809,105 33,900,601 37,371,514 40,425,492 34,415,334 33,260,814 32,929,007 29,265,625 26,020,236 24,388,012 24,150,906 21,990,287 20,528,502 20,394,804 21,607,147

5.2% -7.7% 6.6% 10.2% 8.2% -14.9% -3.4% -1.0% -11.1% -11.1% -6.3% -1.0% -8.9% -6.6% -0.7% 5.9%

Pedest rians

6,909,382 7,558,174 7,542,450 11,435,946 7,903,483 8,302,110 9,457,600 8,156,350 7,811,614 7,756,569 7,289,862 6,188,126 6,439,952 8,454,391 8,134,479 7,741,210 7,925,371

% Annual Change Pedest rians

9.4% -0.2% 51.6% -30.9% 5.0% 13.9% -13.8% -4.2% -0.7% -6.0% -15.1% 4.1% 31.3% -3.8% -4.8% 2.4%

U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Border Crossing/Entry Data, based on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection.

Consistently, the total number of pedestrian crossings at the San Ysidro POE fluctuated between 1998 and 2004, but demonstrated an overall upward trend until 2004, after which numbers began to drop steadily, reaching the POE low of just over six million total pedestrians in 2009. However, the POE experienced an increase in pedestrian crossings of 2.4 percent in 2014. Otay Mesa–Mesa de Otay POE As shown in Table 3, the total volume of northbound vehicular border crossings (including trucks and private vehicles) at the Otay Mesa–Mesa de Otay POE steadily increased from 1998 to 2005, with the exception of 2001. However, in 2006 and 2007, the POE experienced a significant decline annually for private vehicle border crossings (15 and 18.3 percent, respectively). The Otay Mesa–Mesa de Otay commercial POE is also the main San Diego–Baja California border crossing for trucks; this category of crossings has steadily increased every year since 1998, with the exception of slight decreases in 2003, 2007, 2009, and 2013. In 2014, truck crossings reached their highest levels, which were 33.6 percent higher than the 1998 figure. This upward trend evidences the growth in northbound travel due to the enactment of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Since NAFTA’s implementation in 1994, U.S. goods exports to Mexico have risen by 325 percent and Mexican total exports (goods and services) to the United States have grown 458 percent. 2 In 2014, the Otay Mesa–Mesa de Otay POE processed its highest number of total northbound vehicular border crossings, with 7.7 million vehicles. This figure represents a 65 percent increase from the 2010 total vehicular crossings. 2

U.S. Department of State, 2014 U.S. Embassy—Mexico City Bilateral Trade Factsheet:

http://photos.state.gov/libraries/mexico/310329/april2014/2014_01_Bilateral-Trade%20.pdf

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Vehicle St at ist ics

Table 3 Otay M esa Port of Entry - Northbound Vehicle Crossings Year

Tot al Vehicles

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

4,960,148 5,172,755 5,581,371 4,723,242 4,937,375 5,682,800 6,960,764 7,442,450 6,456,059 5,402,331 5,575,413 4,825,296 4,697,271 4,993,236 6,162,938 7,047,331 7,761,634

Source:

% Annual Change Tot al Vehicles

4.3% 7.9% -15.4% 4.5% 15.1% 22.5% 6.9% -13.3% -16.3% 3.2% -13.5% -2.7% 6.3% 23.4% 14.4% 10.1%

Trucks

606,384 646,587 688,340 708,446 731,291 697,152 726,164 730,253 749,472 738,765 776,972 684,425 729,605 744,929 778,929 769,886 810,193

% Annual Change Trucks

6.6% 6.5% 2.9% 3.2% -4.7% 4.2% 0.6% 2.6% -1.4% 5.2% -11.9% 6.6% 2.1% 4.6% -1.2% 5.2%

Privat e Vehicles (Buses and Privat e Vehicles)

4,353,764 4,526,168 4,893,031 4,014,796 4,206,084 4,985,648 6,234,600 6,712,197 5,706,587 4,663,566 4,798,441 4,140,871 3,967,666 4,248,307 5,384,009 6,277,445 6,951,441

% Annual Change Privat e Vehicles (Buses and Privat e Vehicles)

4.0% 8.1% -17.9% 4.8% 18.5% 25.1% 7.7% -15.0% -18.3% 2.9% -13.7% -4.2% 7.1% 26.7% 16.6% 10.7%

U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Border Crossing/Entry Data, based on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection.

The total northbound individual border crossing statistics at the Otay Mesa–Mesa de Otay POE (Table 4) exhibit a similar trend as the San Ysidro–Puerta México-El Chaparral POE data. While total individual crossings at Otay Mesa–Mesa de Otay POE have increased by nearly 4 million or 36.3 percent from 1998 to 2005, there was an overall decline of 24.7 percent between 2006 and 2010. In 2014, the Otay Mesa–Mesa de Otay POE reached its highest level of total northbound individual crossings with over 15.6 million crossings, which is over 65 percent higher than the total individual crossings in 2010.

Individual St at ist ics

Table 4 Otay M esa Port of Entry - Northbound Individual Crossings Year

Tot al Individual Crossings

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

10,373,371 10,852,444 11,691,899 9,865,998 11,339,951 12,790,033 13,611,857 14,143,415 12,541,581 10,364,123 10,454,205 10,212,849 9,449,719 10,147,742 12,667,065 14,357,197 15,643,173

Source:

% Annual Change Tot al Individual Crossings

4.6% 7.7% -15.6% 14.9% 12.8% 6.4% 3.9% -11.3% -17.4% 0.9% -2.3% -7.5% 7.4% 24.8% 13.3% 9.0%

Tot al Passengers (Privat e Vehicles and Buses)

9,754,213 10,168,397 11,043,143 8,863,027 9,655,834 11,322,862 12,092,230 12,647,219 11,156,447 8,953,196 8,713,751 8,232,867 7,198,698 7,669,333 9,461,273 11,067,419 12,227,216

% Annual Change Tot al Passengers (Buses and Privat e Vehicles)

4.2% 8.6% -19.7% 8.9% 17.3% 6.8% 4.6% -11.8% -19.7% -2.7% -5.5% -12.6% 6.5% 23.4% 17.0% 10.5%

Pedest rians

619,158 684,047 648,756 1,002,971 1,684,117 1,467,171 1,519,627 1,496,196 1,385,134 1,410,927 1,740,454 1,979,982 2,251,021 2,478,409 3,205,792 3,289,778 3,415,957

% Annual Change Pedest rians

10.5% -5.2% 54.6% 67.9% -12.9% 3.6% -1.5% -7.4% 1.9% 23.4% 13.8% 13.7% 10.1% 29.3% 2.6% 3.8%

U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Border Crossing/Entry Data, based on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection.

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Tecate-Tecate POE The Tecate-Tecate POE is the smallest of the three POEs in the San Diego-Baja California region. Table 5 shows that while total vehicular border crossings at the POE experienced an increase of almost 4.5 percent from 1998 to 2005, the total vehicle border crossings declined significantly between 2005 and 2013 by 27.8 percent. In 2014, the Tecate POE has shown a significant increase of 9 percent in total vehicle crossings. It is also interesting to note that truck crossings at this POE have increased steadily from 2003 to 2007, but then began declining dramatically reaching its lowest level of crossings in 2012. In 2013 and 2014, the POE has shown annual increases totaling 20 percent, which brings the total truck crossings back to just above the 1998 figure. Table 5 Tecate Port of Entry - Northbound Vehicle Crossings Year

Tot al Vehicles

% Annual Change Tot al Vehicles

% Annual Change Trucks

Trucks

Privat e Vehicles (Buses and Privat e Vehicles)

% Annual Change Privat e Vehicles (Buses and Privat e Vehicles)

Vehicle St at ist ics

1998 1,051,884 50,805 1,001,079 1999 1,275,170 21.2% 59,606 17.3% 1,215,564 21.4% 2000 1,226,957 -3.8% 62,878 5.5% 1,164,079 -4.2% 2001 1,205,225 -1.8% 60,887 -3.2% 1,144,338 -1.7% 2002 1,263,569 4.8% 57,655 -5.3% 1,205,914 5.4% 2003 1,344,206 6.4% 59,363 3.0% 1,284,843 6.5% 2004 1,253,159 -6.8% 69,670 17.4% 1,183,489 -7.9% 2005 1,098,791 -12.3% 69,586 -0.1% 1,029,205 -13.0% 2006 1,021,819 -7.0% 73,441 5.5% 948,378 -7.9% 2007 950,480 -7.0% 77,320 5.3% 873,160 -7.9% 2008 969,192 2.0% 75,595 -2.2% 893,597 2.3% 2009 898,276 -7.3% 65,039 -14.0% 833,237 -6.8% 2010 865,891 -3.6% 55,208 -15.1% 810,683 -2.7% 2011 876,719 1.3% 51,930 -5.9% 824,789 1.7% 2012 817,002 -6.8% 43,245 -16.7% 773,757 -6.2% 2013 793,414 -2.9% 47,762 10.4% 745,652 -3.6% 2014 865,016 9.0% 52,239 9.4% 812,777 9.0% Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Border Crossing/Entry Data, based on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection.

The total individual northbound border crossings at Tecate (Table 6) have revealed similar trends as the total vehicular crossings. From 1998 to 2010, the total individual crossings declined from approximately 3.2 million crossings to approximately 2 million crossings. However, more recently between 2010 and 2014 the POE has received a steady increase of 14.4 percent total individual crossings and a 46.4 percent increase of total pedestrian crossings.

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Table 6 Tecate Port of Entry - Northbound Individual Crossings Year

Tot al Individual Crossings

% Annual Change Tot al Individual Crossings

Tot al Passengers (Privat e Vehicles and Buses)

% Annual Change Tot al Passengers (Privat e Vehicles and Buses)

Pedest rians

% Annual Change Pedest rians

Individual St at ist ics

1998 3,226,908 2,975,680 251,228 1999 3,302,561 2.3% 3,015,065 1.3% 287,496 14.4% 2000 3,680,416 11.4% 3,392,260 12.5% 288,156 0.2% 2,171,029 -36.0% 359,165 24.6% 2001 2,530,194 -31.3% 2002 2,806,133 10.9% 2,366,613 9.0% 439,520 22.4% 2,787,585 17.8% 444,924 1.2% 2003 3,232,509 15.2% 2004 2,964,291 -8.3% 2,540,934 -8.8% 423,357 -4.8% 2005 2,534,347 -14.5% 2,063,301 -18.8% 471,046 11.3% 2006 2,386,375 -5.8% 1,836,391 -11.0% 549,984 16.8% 2007 2,383,017 -0.1% 1,835,727 0.0% 547,290 -0.5% 2008 2,390,584 0.3% 1,882,548 2.6% 508,036 -7.2% 2009 2,153,310 -9.9% 1,653,601 -12.2% 499,709 -1.6% 2010 2,051,126 -4.7% 1,543,186 -6.7% 507,940 1.6% 2011 2,100,913 2.4% 1,575,601 2.1% 525,312 3.4% 2012 2,217,293 5.5% 1,514,551 -3.9% 702,742 33.8% 1,471,675 -2.8% 750,385 6.8% 2013 2,222,060 0.2% 2014 2,347,794 5.7% 1,604,128 9.0% 743,666 -0.9% Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Border Crossing/Entry Data, based on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection.

Crossborder Trade Statistics through the San Diego–Baja California POEs Mexico continues to be California's number one export market. In 2014, California exported over $25.4 billion in goods to Mexico, accounting for 14.6 percent of all California exports. Likewise, California is also an import market for Mexico, importing a total of $41.2 billion worth of Mexican goods in 2014, exceeding the total imports from 2013 by $5 billion, accounting for 10.2 percent of all total imports to California. 3 Additionally, 98.6 percent of all surface trade between California and Mexico at commercial land POEs was transported by truck in 2014. On a national scale, Mexico is the United States’ third largest trading partner, after Canada and China, accounting for over $534.3 billion in bilateral trade for the year 2014. 4 Additionally, in 2014, over $39.4 billion in goods, or approximately seven percent of total U.S.-Mexico trade. Furthermore, approximately 72 percent of all California-Mexico surface trade moved between the CaliforniaMexico commercial land POEs via the Otay Mesa–Mesa de Otay and Tecate commercial POEs. The Otay Mesa–Mesa de Otay POE commercial crossing continues to rank third among all U.S.– Mexico border crossings in terms of the dollar value of import and export trade (surpassed only by Laredo–Nuevo Laredo and El Paso–Ciudad Juárez in Texas). It is also one of the ten busiest land POEs in the country, and it is the busiest commercial border crossing on the California–Baja California border. In 2014, over 810,000 trucks carried almost $25 billion worth of imports into the United States through the Otay Mesa–Mesa de Otay POE (Table 6 and Table 7). The bidirectional trade value of $38.8 billion in 2014 was the POEs peak trade amount, which is 165 percent higher than in 1998. It is noteworthy that 30 percent, or almost $7.6 billion worth of the goods imported through the

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U.S. Census Bureau, Foreign Trade: www.census.gov/foreign-trade/statistics/state/data/index.html

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U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Economic Indicators Division.

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Otay Mesa POE from Mexico are destined for states beyond the four U.S. border states. Likewise, 10.5 percent, or almost $1.5 billion worth of goods exported to Mexico by the United States via truck through the Otay Mesa–Mesa de Otay POE originate in non-border region U.S. states. The above figures demonstrate the magnitude of U.S.-Mexico trade that is facilitated through our region and the important economic implications our international border serves beyond the San Diego-Baja California region. Table 7 Otay M esa Port of Entry - Trade

U.S. - M exico Trade

Year

Tot al Trade by Truck

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Source:

$14,645,671,987 $15,583,562,817 $18,759,879,210 $19,384,772,659 $20,367,624,663 $19,660,723,948 $22,171,883,070 $24,400,618,960 $28,597,443,478 $30,696,517,719 $31,723,564,193 $28,212,893,515 $30,745,984,194 $32,809,817,775 $34,505,059,942 $35,749,964,810 $38,839,226,951

% Annual Change Tot al Trade

6.4% 20.4% 3.3% 5.1% -3.5% 12.8% 10.1% 17.2% 7.3% 3.3% -11.1% 9.0% 6.7% 5.2% 3.6% 8.6%

Export s by Truck

$5,927,772,131 $6,134,728,067 $8,110,052,031 $8,225,985,115 $8,549,456,838 $8,260,389,400 $8,917,456,915 $9,269,520,520 $9,937,653,489 $9,939,099,890 $10,499,853,431 $9,040,450,491 $10,062,454,134 $11,126,257,314 $12,081,681,516 $12,815,561,018 $13,948,839,299

% Annual Change Export s

3.5% 32.2% 1.4% 3.9% -3.4% 8.0% 3.9% 7.2% 0.0% 5.6% -13.9% 11.3% 10.6% 8.6% 6.1% 8.8%

Im port s by Truck

$8,717,899,856 $9,448,834,750 $10,649,827,179 $11,158,787,544 $11,818,167,825 $11,400,334,548 $13,254,426,155 $15,131,098,440 $18,659,789,989 $20,757,417,829 $21,223,710,762 $19,172,443,024 $20,683,530,060 $21,683,560,461 $22,423,378,426 $22,934,403,792 $24,890,387,652

% Annual Change Im port s

8.4% 12.7% 4.8% 5.9% -3.5% 16.3% 14.2% 23.3% 11.2% 2.2% -9.7% 7.9% 4.8% 3.4% 2.3% 8.5%

U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Border Crossing/Entry Data, based on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection.

The Tecate–Tecate POE, which is the second and eastern-most commercial POE in the San DiegoBaja California region, accommodates trade transported by truck; there has been no rail activity at this POE since 2008. As shown in Table 8, the total trade by truck through this POE has declined significantly from its peak of over $1.19 billion in 2007, to its lowest in 2012 of $606 million. While trade has grown since 2012, the POE experienced an increase of 11 percent in 2013, but a slight decrease of 2.6 percent in 2014. Moreover, in 2014, the total value of trade remains 45 percent below its peak in 2007.

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Table 8 Tecat e Port of Ent ry - Trade by Truck Year

Tot al Trade by Truck

% Annual Change Tot al Trade

Export s by Truck

% Annual Change Export s

Im port s by Truck

% Annual Change Im port s

U.S. - M exico Trade

1998 $886,485,462 $413,826,332 $472,659,130 1999 $984,718,335 11.1% $468,007,379 13.1% $516,710,956 9.3% 2000 $920,176,520 -6.6% $432,768,494 -7.5% $487,408,026 -5.7% 2001 $850,093,767 -7.6% $385,793,569 -10.9% $464,300,198 -4.7% 2002 $950,062,252 11.8% $461,317,587 19.6% $488,744,665 5.3% 2003 $897,933,362 -5.5% $410,793,578 -11.0% $487,139,784 -0.3% 2004 $1,003,823,069 11.8% $465,119,844 13.2% $538,703,225 10.6% 2005 $1,152,246,335 14.8% $532,658,355 14.5% $619,587,980 15.0% 2006 $1,191,948,673 3.4% $571,135,015 7.2% $620,813,658 0.2% 2007 $1,194,532,553 0.2% $595,403,763 4.2% $599,128,790 -3.5% 2008 $1,115,736,675 -6.6% $546,484,361 -8.2% $569,252,314 -5.0% 2009 $917,489,394 -17.8% $412,209,272 -24.6% $505,280,122 -11.2% 2010 $942,505,700 2.7% $431,292,772 4.6% $511,212,928 1.2% 2011 $752,430,102 -20.2% $306,458,194 -28.9% $445,971,908 -12.8% 2012 $606,709,871 -19.4% $263,210,526 -14.1% $343,499,345 -23.0% 2013 $673,739,012 11.0% $302,255,076 14.8% $371,483,936 8.1% 2014 $655,943,111 -2.6% $280,428,243 -7.2% $375,514,868 1.1% Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Border Crossing/Entry Data, based on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection.

Lastly, although commercial truck operations were transferred from the San Ysidro POE to the Otay Mesa POE many years ago, the San Ysidro-Puerta Mexico-El Chaparral POE continues to handle trade through the region’s only intermodal rail cargo facility. As shown in Table 9, total trade by rail through this POE reached its peak of $264 million in 2012. It is noteworthy to add that total trade by rail at the San Ysidro POE has fluctuated significantly since 2003. Table 9 San Ysidro Port of Ent ry - Trade

U.S. - M exico Trade

Year

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Source:

Tot al Trade by Rail

$43,398,623 $61,628,528 $65,980,901 $71,551,437 $65,541,805 $68,407,265 $135,859,906 $162,978,657 $175,858,450 $217,230,963 $249,879,073 $146,346,117 $189,099,275 $161,039,009 $264,169,368 $200,358,764 $150,509,445

% Annual Change Tot al Trade

42.0% 7.1% 8.4% -8.4% 4.4% 98.6% 20.0% 7.9% 23.5% 15.0% -41.4% 29.2% -14.8% 64.0% -24.2% -24.9%

Export s by Rail

$43,096,821 $60,450,466 $64,941,077 $71,335,135 $65,299,988 $68,033,554 $135,705,761 $161,339,532 $175,489,616 $216,869,666 $249,484,628 $146,314,768 $189,041,649 $161,039,009 $264,155,868 $200,354,878 $150,375,217

% Annual Change Export s

40.3% 7.4% 9.8% -8.5% 4.2% 99.5% 18.9% 8.8% 23.6% 15.0% -41.4% 29.2% -14.8% 64.0% -24.2% -24.9%

Im port s by Rail

$301,802 $1,178,062 $1,039,824 $216,302 $241,817 $373,711 $154,145 $1,639,125 $368,834 $361,297 $394,445 $31,349 $57,626 $0 $13,500 $3,886 $134,228

% Annual Change Im port s

290.3% -11.7% -79.2% 11.8% 54.5% -58.8% 963.4% -77.5% -2.0% 9.2% -92.1% 83.8% -100.0% 100% -71.2% 3354.1%

U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Border Crossing/Entry Data, based on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection.

Key Staff Contact: Marc Baza, (619) 699-6912, [email protected]

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