Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$50.1 million$50.1M
vs 2010
0.7× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
86%
Busiest portTop port
Philadelphia, PA

Natural sands of all kinds: mostly from Canada, 53% of $50.1 million.

Brazil is second at 10%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $50.1M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Canada$26.6M53.2%
  2. 02Brazil$5.2M10.5%
  3. 03Bahamas$2.8M5.5%
  4. 04South Korea$2.6M5.1%
  5. 05Turkey$2.5M5.1%
  6. 06Vietnam$1.8M3.6%
  7. 07Germany$1.5M3.1%
  8. 08Australia$1.5M3.1%
  9. 09United Kingdom$1.1M2.3%
  10. 10Mexico$812K1.6%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $3.5M7.0%

Total US HS 2505 imports by year · $74.2M in 2010 to $50.1M 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.

Canada41% → 53%
Brazil4.6% → 10%
Bahamas<0.1% → 5.5%
South Korea1% → 5.1%
Vietnam0.2% → 3.6%
Turkey2.3% → 5.1%
United Kingdom0.2% → 2.3%
Germany1.8% → 3.1%
Mexico2.4% → 1.6%
Australia11% → 3.1%
China19% → 1.2%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Canada alone sends 53%, and Brazil, the Bahamas, South Korea and Turkey add another 26%. Latin America is the next-largest source region at 19%.

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  1. 01Canada
  2. 02Brazil
  3. 03Bahamas
  4. 04South Korea
  5. 05Turkey
  6. 06Vietnam
  7. 07Germany
  8. 08Australia

Where it lands

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

86% arrives by ship, mostly through West and East Coast ports. Philadelphia takes 10%. Savannah and Seattle follow at 9% each.

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  1. APhiladelphia, PA $5.1M
  2. BSavannah, GA $4.7M
  3. CSeattle, WA $4.5M
  4. DLong Beach, CA $3.6M
  5. EHonolulu, HI $3.3M
  6. FLos Angeles, CA $2.7M
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. 01California$16.5M
  2. 02New Jersey$5.9M
  3. 03Georgia$5.4M
  4. 04Washington$5.2M
  5. 05Hawaii$3.5M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 2505. How we count.