Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$271 million$271M
vs 2010
0.5× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
61%
Busiest portTop port
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY

Petroleum jelly: Canada leads with 38% of $271 million.

China is second at 17%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $271M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Canada$102M37.5%
  2. 02China$45.0M16.6%
  3. 03Malaysia$32.7M12.0%
  4. 04South Africa$30.4M11.2%
  5. 05Germany$10.0M3.7%
  6. 06Japan$9.1M3.4%
  7. 07Spain$8.9M3.3%
  8. 08India$5.3M2.0%
  9. 09Netherlands$4.4M1.6%
  10. 10United Kingdom$4.2M1.5%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $19.5M7.2%

Total US HS 2712 imports by year · $531M in 2010 to $271M 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.

Canada27% → 38%
Malaysia2.2% → 12%
South Africa3.7% → 11%
Spain0.5% → 3.3%
India0.8% → 2%
Germany2.6% → 3.7%
United Kingdom2.3% → 1.5%
Netherlands4.2% → 1.6%
Japan8.1% → 3.4%
China34% → 17%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Asia is the largest source at 38%, then North America at 37%. Canada and China send 54% between them, and Malaysia, South Africa and Germany add another 27%.

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  1. 01Canada
  2. 02China
  3. 03Malaysia
  4. 04South Africa
  5. 05Germany
  6. 06Japan
  7. 07Spain
  8. 08India

Where it lands

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

61% arrives by ship, mostly in containers, mostly through East and Gulf Coast ports. Buffalo-Niagara Falls alone takes 25%. Houston and Newark follow at 16% and 12%.

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  1. ABuffalo-Niagara Falls, NY $67.6M
  2. BHouston, TX $43.7M
  3. CNewark, NJ $31.5M
  4. DCharleston, SC $23.4M
  5. ELos Angeles, CA $19.8M
  6. FPort Huron, MI $18.2M
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.

Seven states are listed for over $10M each.

  1. 01Pennsylvania$57.4M
  2. 02Texas$47.1M
  3. 03California$32.9M
  4. 04Ohio$23.9M
  5. 05South Carolina$23.2M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 2712. How we count.