Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$28 million$28M
vs 2010
1.8× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
18%
Busiest portTop port
International Falls, MN

Glycerol, whether or not pure: mostly from Canada, 81% of $28 million.

India is second at 13%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $28M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Canada$22.7M81.3%
  2. 02India$3.8M13.4%
  3. 03Brazil$793K2.8%
  4. 04Indonesia$283K1.0%
  5. 05Mexico$146K0.5%
  6. 06Germany$64K0.2%
  7. 07Japan$51K0.2%
  8. 08China$36K0.1%
  9. 09Ireland$33K0.1%
  10. 10France$18K<0.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $50K0.2%

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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.

Canada28% → 81%
Mexico<0.1% → 0.5%
Japan0% → 0.2%
China0% → 0.1%
Ireland0% → 0.1%
Brazil3.7% → 2.8%
India15% → 13%
Indonesia2.8% → 1%
France8.8% → <0.1%
Germany12% → 0.2%
Argentina26% → 0%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Canada alone sends 81%, and India, Brazil and Indonesia add another 17%. Asia is the next-largest source region at 15%.

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  1. 01Canada
  2. 02India
  3. 03Brazil
  4. 04Indonesia
  5. 05Mexico
  6. 06Germany
  7. 07Japan
  8. 08China

Where it enters

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

82% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Most of it enters at International Falls (69%). Champlain-Rouses Point and Newark follow at 7% and 6%.

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

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  1. AInternational Falls, MN $19.3M
  2. BChamplain-Rouses Point, NY $2.0M
  3. CNewark, NJ $1.7M
  4. DNorfolk, VA $1.4M
  5. EPort Huron, MI $1.1M
  6. FLos Angeles, CA $917K
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. 01Illinois$21.9M
  2. 02New York$1.9M
  3. 03California$1.2M
  4. 04Iowa$807K
  5. 05Virginia$798K
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 1520. How we count.