Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$26.5 million$26.5M
vs 2010
2.1× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
over 99%
Busiest portTop port
Norfolk, VA

Natural borates and concentrates thereof: Bolivia leads with 44% of $26.5 million.

Turkey is a close second at 37%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $26.5M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Bolivia$11.8M44.3%
  2. 02Turkey$9.7M36.5%
  3. 03Peru$2.8M10.5%
  4. 04Argentina$1.5M5.6%
  5. 05Chile$609K2.3%
  6. 06Malaysia$115K0.4%
  7. 07Canada$87K0.3%
  8. 08China$14K<0.1%

Total US HS 2528 imports by year · $12.9M in 2010 to $26.5M 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.

Bolivia25% → 44%
Chile0% → 2.3%
Peru8.9% → 10%
Argentina4.8% → 5.6%
Malaysia0% → 0.4%
Canada0% → 0.3%
China0% → <0.1%
Turkey44% → 37%
South Korea17% → 0%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Latin America. Bolivia and Peru send 55% between them, and Argentina and Chile add another 8%. Turkey sends 37% from the Middle East.

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  1. 01Bolivia
  2. 02Turkey
  3. 03Peru
  4. 04Argentina
  5. 05Chile
  6. 06Malaysia
  7. 07Canada
  8. 08China

Where it lands

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

Over 99% arrives by ship, mostly in containers, mostly through East and Gulf Coast ports. Norfolk alone takes 45%. Houston and Seattle follow at 15% and 11%.

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  1. ANorfolk, VA $12.0M
  2. BHouston, TX $4.1M
  3. CSeattle, WA $3.0M
  4. DSavannah, GA $1.9M
  5. EJacksonville, FL $1.2M
  6. FPhiladelphia, PA $954K
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. 01Virginia$15.0M
  2. 02North Carolina$1.9M
  3. 03Delaware$1.8M
  4. 04Georgia$1.5M
  5. 05New Jersey$1.5M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 2528. How we count.