Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$231 million$231M
vs 2010
2.9× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
84%
Busiest portTop port
New Orleans, LA

Natural barium sulfate: India leads with 23% of $231 million.

Vietnam is a close second at 20%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $231M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01India$52.1M22.5%
  2. 02Vietnam$45.3M19.6%
  3. 03Mexico$38.0M16.4%
  4. 04Morocco$36.6M15.8%
  5. 05Laos$33.2M14.4%
  6. 06China$22.7M9.8%
  7. 07Germany$1.7M0.7%
  8. 08Turkey$1.2M0.5%
  9. 09United Kingdom$270K0.1%
  10. 10Japan$29K<0.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $224K<0.1%

Total US HS 2511 imports by year · $80.7M in 2010 to $231M 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.

India2.8% → 23%
Vietnam0% → 20%
Laos0% → 14%
Morocco9% → 16%
Mexico10% → 16%
Turkey0% → 0.5%
United Kingdom<0.1% → 0.1%
Germany0.8% → 0.7%
Japan0.2% → <0.1%
China77% → 9.8%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Asia. India and Vietnam send 42% between them, and Laos and China add another 24%. Mexico sends 16% from Latin America.

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  1. 01India
  2. 02Vietnam
  3. 03Mexico
  4. 04Morocco
  5. 05Laos
  6. 06China
  7. 07Germany
  8. 08Turkey

Where it lands

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

84% arrives by ship, mostly through Gulf Coast ports. New Orleans alone takes 33%. Houston and Corpus Christi follow at 21% and 18%.

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  1. ANew Orleans, LA $75.9M
  2. BHouston, TX $48.1M
  3. CCorpus Christi, TX $42.3M
  4. DEagle Pass, TX $19.6M
  5. ELake Charles, LA $14.5M
  6. FNogales, AZ $9.9M
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. 01Texas$101M
  2. 02Louisiana$60.5M
  3. 03Georgia$43.5M
  4. 04Oklahoma$11.7M
  5. 05Ohio$6.4M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 2511. How we count.