Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.2 billion$1.2B
vs 2010
1.4× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
87%
Busiest portTop port
Gramercy, LA

Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined: Brazil leads with 50% of $1.2 billion.

China is second at 11%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1.2B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Brazil$0.62B49.6%
  2. 02China$0.14B10.8%
  3. 03Germany$0.13B10.5%
  4. 04Jamaica$98.9M7.9%
  5. 05Canada$84.7M6.8%
  6. 06France$38.7M3.1%
  7. 07Austria$24.8M2.0%
  8. 08Japan$24.2M1.9%
  9. 09Denmark$21.9M1.8%
  10. 10Australia$16.3M1.3%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $53.4M4.3%

Total US HS 2818 imports by year · $847M in 2010 to $1.2B 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.

Brazil17% → 50%
Jamaica0.3% → 7.9%
Denmark1.2% → 1.8%
Canada6.6% → 6.8%
Austria2.4% → 2%
China12% → 11%
Japan3.4% → 1.9%
France4.5% → 3.1%
Germany12% → 11%
Australia25% → 1.3%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Latin America. Brazil and Jamaica send 57% between them. Germany, France and Austria send 16% from Europe.

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  1. 01Brazil
  2. 02China
  3. 03Germany
  4. 04Jamaica
  5. 05Canada
  6. 06France
  7. 07Austria
  8. 08Japan

Where it lands

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

87% arrives by ship, mostly through Gulf and East Coast ports. Gramercy alone takes 27%. Baltimore and Charleston follow at 12% each.

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  1. AGramercy, LA $0.33B
  2. BBaltimore, MD $0.15B
  3. CCharleston, SC $0.15B
  4. DNew Orleans, LA $0.12B
  5. EBuffalo-Niagara Falls, NY $61.5M
  6. FLake Charles, LA $56.8M
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.

Four states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01New York$0.18B
  2. 02Louisiana$0.17B
  3. 03South Carolina$0.15B
  4. 04Indiana$0.11B
  5. 05Kentucky$97.5M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 2818. How we count.