Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$26.6 million$26.6M
vs 2010
1.0× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
64%
Busiest portTop port
Blaine, WA

Ash and slag not elsewhere specified, including seaweed ash: Canada leads with 33% of $26.6 million.

Turkey is a close second at 29%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $26.6M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Canada$8.9M33.5%
  2. 02Turkey$7.8M29.3%
  3. 03China$4.0M15.2%
  4. 04Japan$1.6M6.1%
  5. 05New Caledonia$886K3.3%
  6. 06India$862K3.2%
  7. 07Spain$548K2.1%
  8. 08Mexico$503K1.9%
  9. 09Guyana$453K1.7%
  10. 10Netherlands$176K0.7%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $821K3.1%

Total US HS 2621 imports by year · $27.9M in 2010 to $26.6M 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.

Turkey0.4% → 29%
Canada23% → 33%
New Caledonia0% → 3.3%
India<0.1% → 3.2%
Guyana0% → 1.7%
Mexico1.6% → 1.9%
Japan8.4% → 6.1%
Spain5.4% → 2.1%
Netherlands5.7% → 0.7%
China25% → 15%
Germany13% → 0.7%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

North America is the largest source at 33%, then the Middle East at 29%. Canada and Turkey send 63% between them, and China, Japan and New Caledonia add another 25%.

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  1. 01Canada
  2. 02Turkey
  3. 03China
  4. 04Japan
  5. 05New Caledonia
  6. 06India
  7. 07Spain
  8. 08Mexico

Where it lands

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

64% arrives by ship, mostly through Gulf and East Coast ports. Blaine and Port Manatee take 11% each. Port Huron follows at 10%.

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ABCDEF
  1. ABlaine, WA $2.9M
  2. BPort Manatee, FL $2.8M
  3. CPort Huron, MI $2.6M
  4. DTampa, FL $2.5M
  5. EHouston, TX $2.4M
  6. FGramercy, LA $1.6M
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.

Ten states are listed for over $1M each.

  1. 01Florida$4.0M
  2. 02Washington$3.6M
  3. 03Texas$2.9M
  4. 04Tennessee$2.6M
  5. 05Illinois$2.1M
$1M+$400K–1M$100–400K$10–100KUnder $10K

Counted under HS 2621. How we count.