The Border Between the U.S. and Mexico
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Sixty miles (97 km) in length.
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Three public U.S. ports of entry: San Ysidro, Otay Mesa, and Tecate.
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Four Mexican ports of entry: El Chaparral, San Ysidro, Otay Mesa, and Tecate.
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A private pedestrian border crossing at the CBX Cross Border Xpress terminal in San Diego providing access to Tijuana International Airport.
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Trucks cross at Otay Mesa and Tecate and trains through a special gate at San Ysidro.
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6% trade growth in 2017.
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The Mexican cargo port at Otay Mesa is the most modern in Mexico.
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The San Ysidro and El Chaparral ports of entry jointly constitute the world’s busiest land border crossing.
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40% of the total population residing in communities along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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There are more than 106 million individual crossings. 48 million cars and trucks cross each year.
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Almost $45 billion in trade crosses annually through the Tecate and Otay Mesa ports of entry.
Annual Travelers
372 MILLION
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Annual Number of Autos
150 MILLION
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Annual Cargo Trucks
12.1 MILLION
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Annual Value of Goods
$616 BILLION
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1,954 miles (3,145 km) from San Diego to the Gulf of Mexico.
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Approximately one million daily border crossings.
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Most frequently crossed border in the world.
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48 ports of entry (some limited to pedestrians and passenger vehicles).
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Eight international railroad crossings for freight shipments.
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If the ten U.S. and Mexican states along the shared boundary combined to form their own country, it would constitute the third-largest economy in the world, representing more than 25% of the U.S. and Mexican total GDP.
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U.S.-Mexican trade exceeds $1 million per minute, with the vast majority of this trade transiting through border ports of entry.