Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$897 million$897M
vs 2010
1.2× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
91%
Busiest portTop port
Houston, TX

Oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar: South Korea leads with 32% of $897 million.

Canada is second at 18%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $897M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01South Korea$285M31.7%
  2. 02Canada$157M17.5%
  3. 03Netherlands$91.1M10.1%
  4. 04Taiwan$75.3M8.4%
  5. 05Belgium$43.2M4.8%
  6. 06Japan$37.5M4.2%
  7. 07Saudi Arabia$35.0M3.9%
  8. 08Denmark$33.4M3.7%
  9. 09Italy$29.9M3.3%
  10. 10Brazil$18.1M2.0%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $92.3M10.3%

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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.

South Korea20% → 32%
Netherlands1.1% → 10%
Taiwan<0.1% → 8.4%
Italy0.4% → 3.3%
Japan1.7% → 4.2%
Denmark3.2% → 3.7%
Canada17% → 18%
Saudi Arabia5.3% → 3.9%
Brazil5% → 2%
Belgium9.3% → 4.8%
Spain12% → 0.4%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Asia is the largest source at 45%, then Europe at 25%. South Korea and Canada send 49% between them, and the Netherlands, Taiwan and Belgium add another 23%.

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  1. 01South Korea
  2. 02Canada
  3. 03Netherlands
  4. 04Taiwan
  5. 05Belgium
  6. 06Japan
  7. 07Saudi Arabia
  8. 08Denmark

Where it lands

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

91% arrives by ship, mostly through Gulf Coast ports. Most of it enters at Houston (55%). Newark and New Orleans follow at 10% and 7%.

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  1. AHouston, TX $491M
  2. BNewark, NJ $94.0M
  3. CNew Orleans, LA $61.0M
  4. DPerth Amboy, NJ $60.8M
  5. EPort Arthur, TX $39.6M
  6. FBaton Rouge, LA $32.4M
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 $100M each.

  1. 01Texas$556M
  2. 02New Jersey$154M
  3. 03Louisiana$113M
  4. 04California$15.2M
  5. 05Pennsylvania$10.6M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 2707. How we count.