Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$300 million$300M
vs 2010
1.6× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
22%
Busiest portTop port
Laredo, TX

Zinc oxide and zinc peroxide: Mexico leads with 46% of $300 million.

Canada is second at 32%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $300M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$137M45.7%
  2. 02Canada$95.5M31.8%
  3. 03Netherlands$31.9M10.6%
  4. 04Peru$16.0M5.3%
  5. 05Japan$7.4M2.5%
  6. 06Australia$2.7M0.9%
  7. 07India$2.0M0.7%
  8. 08Germany$1.7M0.6%
  9. 09Greece$1.5M0.5%
  10. 10China$993K0.3%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $3.3M1.1%

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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.

Mexico23% → 46%
Netherlands6.1% → 11%
Peru1.3% → 5.3%
Australia0.3% → 0.9%
Greece0% → 0.5%
India0.2% → 0.7%
Japan2.7% → 2.5%
Germany1% → 0.6%
China0.9% → 0.3%
Canada63% → 32%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Latin America. Mexico and Peru send 51% between them. Canada adds 32%.

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  1. 01Mexico
  2. 02Canada
  3. 03Netherlands
  4. 04Peru
  5. 05Japan
  6. 06Australia
  7. 07India
  8. 08Germany

Where it enters

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

78% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Laredo alone takes 42%. Buffalo-Niagara Falls and Port Huron follow at 13% and 12%.

Goods crossing by land are recorded at Census ports of entry, which can be inland.

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  1. ALaredo, TX $127M
  2. BBuffalo-Niagara Falls, NY $38.2M
  3. CPort Huron, MI $35.3M
  4. DJacksonville, FL $16.1M
  5. EWilmington, NC $11.8M
  6. FLos Angeles, CA $11.2M
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.

Nine states are listed for over $10M each.

  1. 01Ohio$66.2M
  2. 02New Jersey$24.8M
  3. 03Tennessee$23.6M
  4. 04Illinois$23.3M
  5. 05Texas$20.0M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 2817. How we count.