Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$9.7 million$9.7M
vs 2010
1.8× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
31%
Busiest portTop port
Santa Teresa, NM

Slag, dross: mostly from Canada, 63% of $9.7 million.

Mexico is second at 30%.

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$6.1M63.0%
  2. 02Mexico$2.9M29.8%
  3. 03Japan$653K6.8%
  4. 04China$14K0.1%
  5. 05India$12K0.1%
  6. 06Austria$10K<0.1%
  7. 07Sweden$5K<0.1%
  8. 08Belgium$2K<0.1%

Total US HS 2619 imports by year · $5.5M 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.

Mexico1.6% → 30%
China0% → 0.1%
India0% → 0.1%
Austria0% → <0.1%
Sweden0% → <0.1%
Belgium0% → <0.1%
Japan7.8% → 6.8%
Canada91% → 63%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Canada alone sends 63%, and Mexico and Japan add another 37%. Latin America is the next-largest source region at 30%.

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  1. 01Canada
  2. 02Mexico
  3. 03Japan
  4. 04China
  5. 05India
  6. 06Austria
  7. 07Sweden
  8. 08Belgium

Where it enters

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

69% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Santa Teresa alone takes 28%. Buffalo-Niagara Falls and Port Huron follow at 17% and 14%.

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

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  1. ASanta Teresa, NM $2.7M
  2. BBuffalo-Niagara Falls, NY $1.6M
  3. CPort Huron, MI $1.3M
  4. DDetroit, MI $728K
  5. ESeattle, WA $653K
  6. FAshtabula-Conneaut, OH $345K
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.

Three states are listed for over $1M each.

  1. 01Michigan$3.7M
  2. 02Nevada$2.8M
  3. 03New York$1.5M
  4. 04Washington$653K
  5. 05Pennsylvania$380K
$1M+$400K–1M$100–400K$10–100KUnder $10K

Counted under HS 2619. How we count.