Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$636 million$636M
vs 2010
2.0× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
85%
Busiest portTop port
Newark, NJ

Salt & pure sodium chloride: Canada leads with 21% of $636 million.

Chile is a close second at 17%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $636M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Canada$135M21.2%
  2. 02Chile$107M16.8%
  3. 03Spain$68.8M10.8%
  4. 04Mexico$66.0M10.4%
  5. 05Egypt$54.4M8.6%
  6. 06Netherlands$23.4M3.7%
  7. 07Ireland$21.6M3.4%
  8. 08Pakistan$18.8M3.0%
  9. 09Bahamas$15.9M2.5%
  10. 10France$14.1M2.2%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $111M17.5%

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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.

Spain0.5% → 11%
Egypt3% → 8.6%
Ireland0.7% → 3.4%
Pakistan1% → 3%
Netherlands1.8% → 3.7%
Mexico9% → 10%
France1.3% → 2.2%
Bahamas3.8% → 2.5%
Canada28% → 21%
Chile31% → 17%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Latin America is the largest source at 31%, then Europe at 28%. Canada and Chile send 38% between them, and Spain, Mexico and Egypt add another 30%.

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  1. 01Canada
  2. 02Chile
  3. 03Spain
  4. 04Mexico
  5. 05Egypt
  6. 06Netherlands
  7. 07Ireland
  8. 08Pakistan

Where it lands

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

85% arrives by ship, mostly through East and Gulf Coast ports. Newark takes 13%. Norfolk follows at 10%.

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ABCDEF
  1. ANewark, NJ $81.8M
  2. BNorfolk, VA $66.1M
  3. CWilmington, DE $30.9M
  4. DBaltimore, MD $28.6M
  5. ELos Angeles, CA $20.6M
  6. FBoston, MA $20.5M
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.

19 states are listed for over $10M each.

  1. 01North Carolina$80.1M
  2. 02Pennsylvania$52.1M
  3. 03New York$49.4M
  4. 04Massachusetts$39.8M
  5. 05California$35.9M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 2501. How we count.