Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$51.5 million$51.5M
vs 2010
1.5× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
61%
Busiest portTop port
Charleston, SC

Silicates: Canada leads with 27% of $51.5 million.

Brazil is a close second at 25%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $51.5M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Canada$13.7M26.5%
  2. 02Brazil$13.1M25.3%
  3. 03Mexico$4.9M9.4%
  4. 04Belgium$3.5M6.7%
  5. 05Japan$2.9M5.5%
  6. 06China$2.7M5.3%
  7. 07Poland$2.0M3.8%
  8. 08Netherlands$1.8M3.4%
  9. 09India$1.6M3.1%
  10. 10Italy$1.0M2.0%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $4.5M8.8%

Total US HS 2839 imports by year · $33.7M in 2010 to $51.5M 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.

Brazil0% → 25%
Mexico3% → 9.4%
Poland0.5% → 3.8%
India0.7% → 3.1%
Italy<0.1% → 2%
Japan5.7% → 5.5%
Belgium7.2% → 6.7%
Netherlands6% → 3.4%
China12% → 5.3%
Canada56% → 27%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Latin America is the largest source at 35%, then North America at 27%. Canada and Brazil send 52% between them, and Mexico, Belgium and Japan add another 22%.

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  1. 01Canada
  2. 02Brazil
  3. 03Mexico
  4. 04Belgium
  5. 05Japan
  6. 06China
  7. 07Poland
  8. 08Netherlands

Where it lands

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

61% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East Coast ports. Charleston alone takes 31%. Trout River and Newark follow at 14% and 12%.

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  1. ACharleston, SC $15.7M
  2. BTrout River, NY $7.4M
  3. CNewark, NJ $6.1M
  4. DLaredo, TX $4.9M
  5. EChamplain-Rouses Point, NY $2.9M
  6. FHouston, TX $2.1M
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.

One state is listed for over $10M.

  1. 01South Carolina$20.2M
  2. 02Pennsylvania$9.0M
  3. 03New Jersey$3.6M
  4. 04New York$1.8M
  5. 05Texas$1.8M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 2839. How we count.