Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$9.7 million$9.7M
vs 2010
10.9× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
21%
Busiest portTop port
Portal, ND

Siliceous fossil meals and similar siliceous earths: mostly from Canada, 62% of $9.7 million.

Mexico is second at 13%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $9.7M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Canada$6.0M62.0%
  2. 02Mexico$1.2M12.7%
  3. 03Germany$860K8.9%
  4. 04Argentina$363K3.8%
  5. 05India$247K2.6%
  6. 06Italy$215K2.2%
  7. 07Japan$201K2.1%
  8. 08Spain$158K1.6%
  9. 09China$116K1.2%
  10. 10Russia$83K0.9%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $198K2.0%

Total US HS 2512 imports by year · $894K in 2010 to $9.7M 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.

Mexico7.7% → 13%
Argentina0% → 3.8%
Germany5.8% → 8.9%
India0% → 2.6%
Italy<0.1% → 2.2%
Spain0% → 1.6%
Russia0% → 0.9%
China2.2% → 1.2%
Japan5.3% → 2.1%
Canada76% → 62%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Canada alone sends 62%, and Mexico, Germany, Argentina and India add another 28%. Latin America is the next-largest source region at 17%.

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  1. 01Canada
  2. 02Mexico
  3. 03Germany
  4. 04Argentina
  5. 05India
  6. 06Italy
  7. 07Japan
  8. 08Spain

Where it enters

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

76% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Portal alone takes 42%. Norfolk and Newark follow at 8% each.

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

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  1. APortal, ND $4.0M
  2. BNorfolk, VA $812K
  3. CNewark, NJ $790K
  4. DOtay Mesa, CA $671K
  5. EPembina, ND $606K
  6. FBlaine, WA $577K
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 $1M.

  1. 01California$1.0M
  2. 02Ohio$962K
  3. 03Georgia$723K
  4. 04Texas$628K
  5. 05Minnesota$607K
$1M+$400K–1M$100–400K$10–100KUnder $10K

Counted under HS 2512. How we count.