Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$83.4 million$83.4M
vs 2010
1.0× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
14%
Busiest portTop port
Pembina, ND

Flaxseed, whether or not broken: mostly from Canada, 85% of $83.4 million.

India is second at 7%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $83.4M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Canada$70.5M84.6%
  2. 02India$5.7M6.8%
  3. 03Turkey$3.1M3.7%
  4. 04Kazakhstan$2.3M2.7%
  5. 05Argentina$1.2M1.4%
  6. 06Ukraine$272K0.3%
  7. 07China$114K0.1%
  8. 08Mexico$94K0.1%
  9. 09Peru$50K<0.1%
  10. 10New Zealand$24K<0.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $97K0.1%

Total US HS 1204 imports by year · $85.6M in 2010 to $83.4M 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.

Turkey0% → 3.7%
India3.8% → 6.8%
Ukraine0% → 0.3%
Mexico<0.1% → 0.1%
China<0.1% → 0.1%
New Zealand<0.1% → <0.1%
Peru0.2% → <0.1%
Argentina1.9% → 1.4%
Kazakhstan3.8% → 2.7%
Canada87% → 85%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Canada alone sends 85%, and India, Turkey, Kazakhstan and Argentina add another 15%. Asia is the next-largest source region at 10%.

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  1. 01Canada
  2. 02India
  3. 03Turkey
  4. 04Kazakhstan
  5. 05Argentina
  6. 06Ukraine
  7. 07China
  8. 08Mexico

Where it enters

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

86% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Pembina alone takes 37%. Portal and Sweetgrass follow at 22% and 7%.

Goods crossing by land are recorded at Census ports of entry, which can be inland.

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ABCDEF
  1. APembina, ND $31.1M
  2. BPortal, ND $18.6M
  3. CSweetgrass, MT $6.0M
  4. DDunseith, ND $5.4M
  5. EEastport, ID $4.4M
  6. FNewark, NJ $3.9M
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. 01Minnesota$16.8M
  2. 02Illinois$7.9M
  3. 03California$6.6M
  4. 04North Dakota$6.0M
  5. 05Oregon$5.3M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 1204. How we count.