Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.6 million$1.6M
vs 2010
1.5× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
87%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

Chalk: mostly from China, 80% of $1.6 million.

Canada is second at 5%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1.6M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01China$1.3M79.8%
  2. 02Canada$79K4.8%
  3. 03Taiwan$74K4.5%
  4. 04Spain$46K2.8%
  5. 05Netherlands$31K1.9%
  6. 06Germany$29K1.7%
  7. 07Poland$27K1.6%
  8. 08United Kingdom$14K0.9%
  9. 09France$13K0.8%
  10. 10Japan$9K0.5%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $11K0.7%

Total US HS 2509 imports by year · $1.1M in 2010 to $1.6M 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.

China75% → 80%
Spain0% → 2.8%
Taiwan3.2% → 4.5%
France0% → 0.8%
Germany1% → 1.7%
Japan0% → 0.5%
Poland1.5% → 1.6%
Canada5.5% → 4.8%
United Kingdom1.8% → 0.9%
Netherlands3.1% → 1.9%
Austria5.1% → 0%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

China alone sends 80%, and Canada, Taiwan, Spain and the Netherlands add another 14%. Europe is the next-largest source region at 10%.

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  1. 01China
  2. 02Canada
  3. 03Taiwan
  4. 04Spain
  5. 05Netherlands
  6. 06Germany
  7. 07Poland
  8. 08United Kingdom

Where it lands

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

87% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Los Angeles takes 31%. Savannah and Norfolk follow at 28% and 8%.

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ABCDEF
  1. ALos Angeles, CA $518K
  2. BSavannah, GA $461K
  3. CNorfolk, VA $130K
  4. DLong Beach, CA $109K
  5. EBaltimore, MD $83K
  6. FBlaine, WA $75K
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.

Four states are listed for over $100K each.

  1. 01North Carolina$437K
  2. 02California$354K
  3. 03Texas$290K
  4. 04Maryland$192K
  5. 05North Dakota$58K
$100K+$40–100K$10–40K$1–10KUnder $1K

Counted under HS 2509. How we count.