Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$313 million$313M
vs 2010
1.5× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
39%
Busiest portTop port
Tampa, FL

Sulfur of all kinds, other than sublimed sulfur: mostly from Canada, 85% of $313 million.

United Arab Emirates is second at 8%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $313M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Canada$264M84.5%
  2. 02United Arab Emirates$23.8M7.6%
  3. 03Saudi Arabia$8.9M2.8%
  4. 04Qatar$7.8M2.5%
  5. 05India$5.0M1.6%
  6. 06South Korea$1.4M0.5%
  7. 07Italy$649K0.2%
  8. 08China$547K0.2%
  9. 09Poland$81K<0.1%
  10. 10Sweden$42K<0.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $280K<0.1%

Total US HS 2503 imports by year · $211M in 2010 to $313M 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.

Canada63% → 85%
United Arab Emirates<0.1% → 7.6%
Saudi Arabia0% → 2.8%
Qatar0% → 2.5%
India0.1% → 1.6%
South Korea0.1% → 0.5%
Italy<0.1% → 0.2%
Sweden<0.1% → <0.1%
Poland<0.1% → <0.1%
China1.5% → 0.2%
Russia9.9% → 0%
Mexico14% → <0.1%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Canada alone sends 85%, and the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and India add another 15%. The Middle East is the next-largest source region at 13%.

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  1. 01Canada
  2. 02United Arab Emirates
  3. 03Saudi Arabia
  4. 04Qatar
  5. 05India
  6. 06South Korea
  7. 07Italy
  8. 08China

Where it enters

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

61% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Tampa alone takes 37%. Portal and International Falls follow at 20% and 16%.

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

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  1. ATampa, FL $115M
  2. BPortal, ND $63.6M
  3. CInternational Falls, MN $50.4M
  4. DEastport, ID $43.0M
  5. ETrout River, NY $13.1M
  6. FSweetgrass, MT $8.5M
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.

One state is listed for over $100M.

  1. 01Florida$134M
  2. 02North Carolina$96.9M
  3. 03Idaho$38.4M
  4. 04Oklahoma$9.7M
  5. 05Nevada$8.3M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 2503. How we count.