Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$191 million$191M
vs 2010
1.1× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
96%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

Iron oxides and hydroxides: Germany leads with 38% of $191 million.

China is a close second at 30%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $191M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Germany$73.2M38.3%
  2. 02China$57.9M30.3%
  3. 03Brazil$17.5M9.2%
  4. 04India$16.7M8.8%
  5. 05Italy$9.4M4.9%
  6. 06Indonesia$4.7M2.4%
  7. 07Spain$2.7M1.4%
  8. 08Japan$2.7M1.4%
  9. 09Canada$2.5M1.3%
  10. 10Colombia$709K0.4%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $3.0M1.6%

Total US HS 2821 imports by year · $173M in 2010 to $191M 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.

Germany26% → 38%
India<0.1% → 8.8%
Indonesia0% → 2.4%
Brazil7.5% → 9.2%
Spain<0.1% → 1.4%
Canada2.4% → 1.3%
Colombia1.6% → 0.4%
Italy8.7% → 4.9%
Japan7.1% → 1.4%
China44% → 30%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Europe is the largest source at 46%, then Asia at 43%. Germany and China send 69% between them, and Brazil, India and Italy add another 23%.

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  1. 01Germany
  2. 02China
  3. 03Brazil
  4. 04India
  5. 05Italy
  6. 06Indonesia
  7. 07Spain
  8. 08Japan

Where it lands

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

96% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Los Angeles takes 25%. Norfolk and Newark follow at 19% and 10%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $47.5M
  2. BNorfolk, VA $35.4M
  3. CNewark, NJ $18.5M
  4. DCharleston, SC $12.1M
  5. EBaltimore, MD $11.0M
  6. FPhiladelphia, PA $8.2M
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.

Five states are listed for over $10M each.

  1. 01California$37.5M
  2. 02Virginia$30.3M
  3. 03Illinois$26.1M
  4. 04Georgia$17.3M
  5. 05Pennsylvania$10.4M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 2821. How we count.