Agency Statistics
Each week Customs and Border Protection:
Clears:
- 268,000 air passengers arriving in Australia
- 1,620 international flights
- 260 ships arriving in Australian ports from overseas
- 14 overseas smallcraft
- 24,600 export entries
- 268,700 air way bills
- 48,500 sea cargo manifest lines
Patrols:
- Three million square nautical miles including:
- our coastline and seas, including the Southern Ocean and Northern waters
- airports
- sea ports
- mail centres
Inspects:
- 2000 sea cargo containers
- 29,500 air cargo consignments
- 776,000 letters
- 405,500 parcels from overseas
Collects:
- $188 million in revenue from various sources, for Customs and Border Protection and on behalf of other agencies
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