Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$636 million$636M
vs 2010
1.4× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
66%
Busiest portTop port
Brownsville, TX

Inorganic acids not elsewhere specified and inorganic oxygen: China leads with 26% of $636 million.

Mexico is a close second at 24%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $636M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01China$163M25.7%
  2. 02Mexico$155M24.4%
  3. 03Japan$60.0M9.4%
  4. 04Germany$55.0M8.7%
  5. 05Taiwan$27.5M4.3%
  6. 06Austria$20.8M3.3%
  7. 07Canada$20.7M3.3%
  8. 08India$18.3M2.9%
  9. 09South Korea$13.5M2.1%
  10. 10United Kingdom$9.1M1.4%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $92.2M14.5%

Total US HS 2811 imports by year · $455M in 2010 to $636M 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.

China19% → 26%
India0.5% → 2.9%
Canada2.3% → 3.3%
South Korea1.2% → 2.1%
Germany7.8% → 8.7%
Japan9.3% → 9.4%
Austria4% → 3.3%
Taiwan5.2% → 4.3%
United Kingdom2.4% → 1.4%
Mexico37% → 24%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Asia is the largest source at 47%, then Latin America at 25%. China and Mexico send 50% between them, and Japan, Germany and Taiwan add another 22%.

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

Where it lands

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

66% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Brownsville takes 15%. Newark and Los Angeles follow at 14% and 13%.

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ABCDEF
  1. ABrownsville, TX $97.1M
  2. BNewark, NJ $90.0M
  3. CLos Angeles, CA $85.5M
  4. DSavannah, GA $48.6M
  5. EEl Paso, TX $35.0M
  6. FCharleston, SC $33.8M
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.

16 states are listed for over $10M each.

  1. 01California$74.5M
  2. 02Illinois$74.0M
  3. 03Texas$58.6M
  4. 04New Jersey$43.5M
  5. 05Louisiana$37.8M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 2811. How we count.