CBP Cargo Container Processing in FY19 Up Over Previous Year

CBP processed $2.6 trillion worth of imports and 29 million cargo containers in fiscal year 2019, which ended Sept. 30, CBP Deputy Commissioner Robert Perez said during the Dec. 4 Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee meeting. That's 3.4 percent more cargo containers than CBP handled the previous year, he said. The agency collected nearly $81 billion in duties, taxes and fees during FY19, he said.