Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$31.9 million$31.9M
vs 2010
2.1× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
55%
Busiest portTop port
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY

Clays not elsewhere specified, andalusite: Canada leads with 29% of $31.9 million.

Spain is second at 13%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $31.9M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Canada$9.1M28.5%
  2. 02Spain$4.1M12.9%
  3. 03China$3.9M12.2%
  4. 04Mexico$3.9M12.1%
  5. 05Germany$2.1M6.6%
  6. 06France$1.5M4.6%
  7. 07South Africa$1.3M4.2%
  8. 08United Kingdom$763K2.4%
  9. 09Japan$460K1.4%
  10. 10Egypt$454K1.4%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $4.3M13.6%

Total US HS 2508 imports by year · $15.5M in 2010 to $31.9M 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.

Canada12% → 29%
Spain7.5% → 13%
France1.2% → 4.6%
Egypt0.1% → 1.4%
United Kingdom1.6% → 2.4%
Japan0.9% → 1.4%
Germany8.1% → 6.6%
Mexico14% → 12%
South Africa7.9% → 4.2%
China26% → 12%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Europe is the largest source at 33%, then North America at 29%. Canada and Spain send 41% between them, and China, Mexico and Germany add another 31%.

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  1. 01Canada
  2. 02Spain
  3. 03China
  4. 04Mexico
  5. 05Germany
  6. 06France
  7. 07South Africa
  8. 08United Kingdom

Where it lands

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

55% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and Gulf Coast ports. Buffalo-Niagara Falls alone takes 21%. Houston and Newark follow at 10% and 9%.

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ABCDEF
  1. ABuffalo-Niagara Falls, NY $6.7M
  2. BHouston, TX $3.1M
  3. CNewark, NJ $2.9M
  4. DNorfolk, VA $2.5M
  5. ELaredo, TX $2.2M
  6. FPort Huron, MI $1.8M
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.

Seven states are listed for over $1M each.

  1. 01New York$6.7M
  2. 02Texas$6.1M
  3. 03California$2.2M
  4. 04North Carolina$2.2M
  5. 05Ohio$2.2M
$1M+$400K–1M$100–400K$10–100KUnder $10K

Counted under HS 2508. How we count.