Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$215 million$215M
vs 2010
1.9× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
78%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

Locust beans, seaweeds etc., sugar beet and sugar cane: China leads with 41% of $215 million.

South Korea is second at 15%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $215M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01China$87.9M40.9%
  2. 02South Korea$31.7M14.8%
  3. 03Canada$27.8M13.0%
  4. 04Philippines$8.0M3.7%
  5. 05India$7.5M3.5%
  6. 06Japan$6.7M3.1%
  7. 07Chile$6.5M3.0%
  8. 08Bulgaria$4.5M2.1%
  9. 09Mexico$3.0M1.4%
  10. 10Brazil$2.6M1.2%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $28.5M13.3%

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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.

South Korea6.2% → 15%
China33% → 41%
Canada12% → 13%
Brazil<0.1% → 1.2%
Japan2.1% → 3.1%
Bulgaria1.2% → 2.1%
India2.9% → 3.5%
Chile2.6% → 3%
Philippines6% → 3.7%
Mexico4% → 1.4%
Bolivia8.9% → <0.1%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from East Asia. China and South Korea send 56% between them, and the Philippines, India, Japan and Vietnam add another 12%. Canada adds 13%.

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  1. 01China
  2. 02South Korea
  3. 03Canada
  4. 04Philippines
  5. 05India
  6. 06Japan
  7. 07Chile
  8. 08Bulgaria

Where it lands

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

78% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West and East Coast ports. Los Angeles takes 25%. Newark and Port Huron follow at 22% and 10%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $53.8M
  2. BNewark, NJ $47.0M
  3. CPort Huron, MI $21.8M
  4. DOakland, CA $17.2M
  5. ELong Beach, CA $11.7M
  6. FCalais, ME $6.4M
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.

Four states are listed for over $10M each.

  1. 01California$75.0M
  2. 02New Jersey$27.8M
  3. 03New York$13.6M
  4. 04Michigan$13.4M
  5. 05Illinois$10.0M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 1212. How we count.