Local border crossings for June 1997
El Paso, Texas
Total people.............4,188,586
Total vehicles............1,344,502
Total aircraft.......................449
Total pedestrians.........357,253
Columbus, New Mexico
Total vehicles.................41,945
Total pedestrians..............9,924
Antelope Wells, New Mexico
Total vehicles......................714
Total pedestrians...................61
Santa Teresa, New Mexico
Total vehicles...................7,740
Comparison: Total Crossings, 1990 vs. 1996
Pedestrians crossing north......(90) 13,662,215.....(96) 15,020,622
Pedestrians crossing south......(90) 14,107,504.... (96) 14,256,540
Vehicles crossing north...........(90) 23,371,955.... (96) 32,887,618
Vehicles crossing south...........(90) 24,595,166.... (96) 31,697,421
Trucks crossing north..............(90) 725,784......... (96) 923,936
Trucks crossing south..............(90) 553,682......... (96) 1,063,643
Mexican inflation rate (real), 1996 vs. 1997
July 1996..........30.15%
July 1997..........20.62%
Mexican interest rate (June 1997)
18.05%
Mexican current account balance
-1,527.3 (in millions of U.S. dollars)
% growth.....-451%
Fixed peso/dollar
July 30,1997.....7.7808 (buy).....7.7717 (sell)
Statistics compiled by Kurt Kool, Staff Researcher
Sources: Roger Maiers, Texas Dept. of Treasury; Molly Molloy, New Mexico State University Library