Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$4.5 million$4.5M
vs 2010
1.6× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
99%
Busiest portTop port
Savannah, GA

Sulfur, sublimed or precipitated: mostly from Japan, 97% of $4.5 million.

China is second at 2%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $4.5M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Japan$4.4M97.3%
  2. 02China$89K2.0%
  3. 03France$12K0.3%
  4. 04Malaysia$10K0.2%
  5. 05New Zealand$10K0.2%
  6. 06South Africa$3K<0.1%

Total US HS 2802 imports by year · $2.8M in 2010 to $4.5M 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.

Japan76% → 97%
Malaysia0% → 0.2%
New Zealand0% → 0.2%
South Africa0% → <0.1%
France0.5% → 0.3%
China4.2% → 2%
India16% → 0%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Japan sends almost all of it (97%). China is next at 2%.

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  1. 01Japan
  2. 02China
  3. 03France
  4. 04Malaysia
  5. 05New Zealand
  6. 06South Africa

Where it lands

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

99% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Most of it enters at Savannah (52%). Los Angeles and Charleston follow at 29% and 15%.

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  1. ASavannah, GA $2.4M
  2. BLos Angeles, CA $1.3M
  3. CCharleston, SC $693K
  4. DLong Beach, CA $105K
  5. ENorfolk, VA $18K
  6. FNew Orleans, LA $12K
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. 01South Carolina$2.1M
  2. 02Georgia$1.5M
  3. 03Illinois$615K
  4. 04California$177K
  5. 05Ohio$65K
$1M+$400K–1M$100–400K$10–100KUnder $10K

Counted under HS 2802. How we count.