CBSA National Statistics

• Enforcement Statistics
  • Seizures
    • Drugs
    • Weapons
    • Currency
    • Tobacco
  • Agricultural Inspections
  • Our Missing Children Program
  • Immigration Functions at the Ports of Entry
• Trade and Traveller Statistics
  
  • General Statistics
  • Free Trade Agreements
  • Anti-Dumping and Countervailing
  • Technical Assistance and Capacity Building
  • Trade Disputes
  • Review of Enforcement Activities
• Client Services / Compliance and Outreach Activity

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Enforcement Statistics

For the 12-month period of April 1, 2004 - March 31, 2005, unless otherwise identified.

Agricultural Inspections

• 93,093 Interceptions
• 252,398 Referrals

Our Missing Children Program (OMC)

• CBSA Officers recovered 74 missing children across Canada in 2004.

Immigration Functions at the Ports of Entry

• 11,845 persons removed from Canada
• 112,624 Work Permits Issued
• 64,218 Student Permits Issued
• 55,717 Visitor Records Issued
• 202,007 Permanent Residents Landed
• 9,936 Temporary Resident Permits Issued
• 94,024 Denied Entry (Inadmissible Reports Written)
• 12,457 Refugee Claimants

Trade and Traveller Statistics

Note:
All data represents the 12-month period ending March 31, 2005, unless otherwise identified.

General Statistics

• Over 94.9 million travellers processed:
  • Highway 71 million
  • Air 20 million
  • Other 3.9 million
• Over 37 million vehicles processed
• Over 26 million courier shipments
• 571,299 courier shipments examined
• The CBSA collected:
  • over $3 billion in import duties
  • nearly $24.9 billion in GST
  • $52 million in provincial sales tax under authorized agreements
• Collected trade statistics on trade goods valued at over $2.1 billion per day
• Over $355 billion worth of commercial import releases (2004 calendar year)
• Nearly $412 billion worth of exports (2004 calendar year)
• Handled over 12 million commercial releases

Free Trade Agreements

• The CBSA administered 4 Free Trade Agreements:
  • NAFTA,
  • Canada-Chile,
  • Canada-Israel,
  • Canada-Costa Rica,
  • as well as the Least Developed Country (LDC) Initiative.
• Verified compliance with Free Trade Agreements by completing 47 exporter audits.

Anti-Dumping and Countervailing:

• A total of 30 anti-dumping and countervailing measures are in place.
• New anti-dumping duties were imposed on 3 products:
  • certain wood slats,
  • stainless steel wire and
  • fasteners
• New countervailing duties were imposed on 2 products:
  • certain stainless steel wire, and
  • fasteners

Technical Assistance and Capacity Building:

A total of 8 trade-related technical assistance and capacity building missions were conducted in support of Canadian competitiveness.

Trade Disputes:

The CBSA responded to over 4,500 disputes of trade administration decisions.

Review of Enforcement Actions:

Responded to over 4,500 requests for review of enforcement actions or appeals to the Federal Court.

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Client Services

Compliance and Outreach

• 2,379 Information Sessions provided to Public and Clients
• 1,229 Client Visits
• 2,055 Compliance Verifications