Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$46.1 million$46.1M
vs 2010
1.1× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
82%
Busiest portTop port
New Orleans, LA

Zinc ores and concentrates: mostly from Peru, 57% of $46.1 million.

Ireland is second at 21%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $46.1M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Peru$26.1M56.7%
  2. 02Ireland$9.6M20.7%
  3. 03Canada$8.1M17.6%
  4. 04Finland$2.3M4.9%
  5. 05China$28K<0.1%

Total US HS 2608 imports by year · $43.8M in 2010 to $46.1M 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.

Peru0% → 57%
Ireland0% → 21%
Finland0% → 4.9%
China0% → <0.1%
Germany5.8% → 0%
Canada94% → 18%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Peru alone sends 57%, and Ireland, Canada and Finland add another 43%. Europe is the next-largest source region at 26%.

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Where it lands

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

82% arrives by ship, mostly through Gulf Coast ports. Most of it enters at New Orleans (82%). Skagway follows at 17%.

ABCD
ABCD
  1. ANew Orleans, LA $38.0M
  2. BSkagway, AK $8.0M
  3. COgdensburg, NY $88K
  4. DNewark, NJ $28K
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. 01Louisiana$38.0M
  2. 02Alaska$8.0M
  3. 03New York$88K
  4. 04Maryland$28K
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 2608. How we count.