Border Crossings & International Trade

• In 2022, pedestrian crossings into the United States were up 19.9% at the Douglas Port of Entry and 13.8% at the Naco port (compared to 2021). That follows increases of 3.5% and 28.8%, respectively, in 2021 (after falling more than 38% at both Cochise County ports in 2020, the first year of the COVID pandemic and related international travel restrictions). In Douglas, pedestrian crossings in 2020 were at their lowest level since 2004, with the increases in 2021 and 2022 still leaving annual crossings at near-record lows. In Naco, crossings in 2020 were at their lowest level on record (with records back to 1996), but the rebound in 2021 and 2022 returned crossings to levels in line with those seen from 2008 through 2016. 
• The number of vehicle passengers was up 41.7% at the Douglas port in 2022, on the heels of a 30.1% increase in 2021 (following a 44% COVID-related drop in 2020). Vehicle passengers at the Naco port were up 34.5% in 2022, after climbing 22.5% in 2021 (after a 42% COVID-related drop in 2020). Despite the strong rebound in 2021 and 2022, vehicle passenger crossings remained at near-record lows at the Douglas port and below pre-COVID levels at the Naco port.

See spreadsheets, below, for annual border crossing data for bus passengers, buses, pedestrians, personal vehicle passengers, personal vehicles, truck containers (empty & loaded), and trucks at the Douglas and Naco ports of entry.

• In 2022, the value of international trade (imports and exports) passing through Cochise County's two ports of entry (Douglas and Naco) totaled $2.6 billion, down 11.9% from 2021. Exports totaled $1.1 billion (down 9.1%) while imports came in at $1.5 billion (down 13.9%). 
• The Douglas port, which accounts for the vast majority of imports and exports through Cochise County, saw a 12.6% decrease in trade volume (exports down 9.5%, imports down 14.7%), while the much smaller Naco port saw a 14.6% increase in trade volume (exports down 1.1%, imports up 91.1%).
• Despite the decline in overall trade volume through Cochise County's ports of entry in 2022, the total value of imports and exports through the ports was at its second highest level on record, with records back to 2004 (the year 2021 was the record high with $2.9 billion in trade passing through the Douglas and Naco ports).

See spreadsheets, below, for annual Cochise County total value of imports and exports by port of entry (Douglas & Naco).