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Table 2-11: Incoming Rail Container Crossings by State, U.S.-Mexican Border

On the Mexican border, Laredo, TX by itself accounts for 44 percent of all containers coming into the United States by rail.

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State 1998 2000 2004 2005
Arizona 35,812 50,602 46,899 46,831
California 7,755 9,115 15,091 18,313
New Mexico N N N N
Texas 344,339 512,108 613,315 663,415
Total U.S. - Mexico border 387,906 571,825 675,305 728,559

Key: N = not applicable.

Note: Full or empty rail containers entering the U.S. The data include containers moving as in-bond shipments.

Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, special tabulation 2006, based on data from U.S. Customs Service, Mission Support Services, Office of Field Operations, Operations Management Database.

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