Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$19.8 million$19.8M
vs 2010
4.7× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
59%
Busiest portTop port
Newark, NJ

Ambergris, castoreum, civet and musk: Spain leads with 48% of $19.8 million.

New Zealand is second at 25%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $19.8M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Spain$9.4M47.7%
  2. 02New Zealand$5.0M25.4%
  3. 03France$1.6M8.2%
  4. 04Canada$1.5M7.3%
  5. 05Australia$821K4.1%
  6. 06Argentina$451K2.3%
  7. 07Mexico$371K1.9%
  8. 08Netherlands$225K1.1%
  9. 09Japan$138K0.7%
  10. 10Uruguay$113K0.6%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $142K0.7%

Total US HS 0510 imports by year · $4.2M in 2010 to $19.8M in 2025Replay the ranking year by year, 2010 to 2025

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Then and now: 2015 vs 2025Then and now

Each country's share of US imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Spain0% → 48%
New Zealand17% → 25%
France0.4% → 8.2%
Netherlands0% → 1.1%
Japan1.9% → 0.7%
Mexico4.1% → 1.9%
Argentina5.3% → 2.3%
Uruguay3.6% → 0.6%
Canada34% → 7.3%
Australia31% → 4.1%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

Bigger circle = more value, 2025. Numbers match the list.

Most of it comes from Europe. Spain and France send 56% between them, and the Netherlands adds another 1%. New Zealand and Australia send 29% from Oceania.

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Where it lands

US port where it entered, 2025. Letters match the list.

59% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East Coast ports. Newark alone takes 40%. Los Angeles Airport (LAX) and Norfolk follow at 20% and 9%.

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  1. ANewark, NJ $7.8M
  2. BLos Angeles Airport (LAX), CA $3.9M
  3. CNorfolk, VA $1.8M
  4. DBoston Logan Airport, MA $1.6M
  5. ELong Beach, CA $1.0M
  6. FPembina, ND $665K
More detail: states listed on entry paperworkMore detail: states on paperwork

This is the destination written on customs forms, often a warehouse or distributor near the port. It is not where the product is used.

One state is listed for over $10M.

  1. 01Wisconsin$10.5M
  2. 02New Jersey$1.9M
  3. 03Massachusetts$1.9M
  4. 04California$1.8M
  5. 05Pennsylvania$934K
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 0510. How we count.