Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$4.3 million$4.3M
vs 2010
0.2× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
40%
Busiest portTop port
Laredo, TX

Ores and concentrates not elsewhere specified: mostly from Mexico, 56% of $4.3 million.

India is second at 33%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $4.3M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$2.4M55.9%
  2. 02India$1.4M32.7%
  3. 03Ecuador$120K2.8%
  4. 04Austria$108K2.5%
  5. 05New Zealand$91K2.1%
  6. 06Ukraine$49K1.1%
  7. 07South Korea$27K0.6%
  8. 08Brazil$26K0.6%
  9. 09Turkey$24K0.6%
  10. 10Germany$24K0.6%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $22K0.5%

Total US HS 2617 imports by year · $18.2M in 2010 to $4.3M 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.

Mexico1.3% → 56%
India0% → 33%
Ecuador0% → 2.8%
Austria0.1% → 2.5%
New Zealand0.8% → 2.1%
South Korea0% → 0.6%
Germany0% → 0.6%
Ukraine1.3% → 1.1%
Brazil1.5% → 0.6%
Italy12% → 0%
Australia32% → 0.3%
Turkey43% → 0.6%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Mexico alone sends 56%, and India, Ecuador, Austria and New Zealand add another 40%. Asia is the next-largest source region at 33%.

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  1. 01Mexico
  2. 02India
  3. 03Ecuador
  4. 04Austria
  5. 05New Zealand
  6. 06Ukraine
  7. 07South Korea
  8. 08Brazil

Where it enters

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

56% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Most of it enters at Laredo (56%). Newark follows at 33%.

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

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  1. ALaredo, TX $2.4M
  2. BNewark, NJ $1.4M
  3. CLos Angeles, CA $120K
  4. DCharleston, SC $108K
  5. ELos Angeles Airport (LAX), CA $77K
  6. FHouston, TX $49K
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.

Two states are listed for over $1M each.

  1. 01Texas$2.5M
  2. 02New Jersey$1.4M
  3. 03California$137K
  4. 04Tennessee$108K
  5. 05Nevada$58K
$1M+$400K–1M$100–400K$10–100KUnder $10K

Counted under HS 2617. How we count.