Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$16.2 million$16.2M
vs 2010
0.3× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
under 0.1%
Busiest portTop port
International Falls, MN

Precious metal ores and concentrates: mostly from Canada, 98% of $16.2 million.

Mexico is second at 2%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $16.2M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Canada$15.9M97.7%
  2. 02Mexico$288K1.8%
  3. 03South Africa$70K0.4%
  4. 04Germany$6K<0.1%
  5. 05Japan$3K<0.1%
  6. 06Chile$3K<0.1%

Total US HS 2616 imports by year · $62.2M in 2010 to $16.2M 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.

Canada23% → 98%
Mexico1.2% → 1.8%
South Africa0% → 0.4%
Germany0% → <0.1%
Japan0% → <0.1%
Chile0% → <0.1%
Greece76% → 0%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Canada sends almost all of it (98%). Mexico is next at 2%.

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  1. 01Canada
  2. 02Mexico
  3. 03South Africa
  4. 04Germany
  5. 05Japan
  6. 06Chile

Where it enters

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

99% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Most of it enters at International Falls (64%). Sumas follows at 33%.

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

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  1. AInternational Falls, MN $10.5M
  2. BSumas, WA $5.4M
  3. CNogales, AZ $288K
  4. DBoston Logan Airport, MA $70K
  5. ESault Ste. Marie, MI $7K
  6. FMorgan City, LA $6K
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. 01Nevada$15.9M
  2. 02Washington$288K
  3. 03Rhode Island$70K
  4. 04Minnesota$7K
  5. 05New Jersey$6K
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 2616. How we count.