Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$94.5 million$94.5M
vs 2010
3.0× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
97%
Busiest portTop port
Savannah, GA

Borates: mostly from Turkey, 77% of $94.5 million.

Italy is second at 5%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $94.5M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Turkey$73.0M77.2%
  2. 02Italy$5.0M5.2%
  3. 03Slovenia$3.6M3.8%
  4. 04India$3.2M3.4%
  5. 05China$2.3M2.4%
  6. 06France$1.6M1.7%
  7. 07Austria$1.1M1.2%
  8. 08Guatemala$941K1.0%
  9. 09Peru$836K0.9%
  10. 10Canada$611K0.6%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $2.3M2.4%

Total US HS 2840 imports by year · $31.8M in 2010 to $94.5M 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.

Turkey71% → 77%
Italy1.8% → 5.2%
Slovenia0.4% → 3.8%
India0.8% → 3.4%
Guatemala0% → 1%
Canada1.1% → 0.6%
Peru2.2% → 0.9%
France3.2% → 1.7%
Austria4.1% → 1.2%
China9.2% → 2.4%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Turkey alone sends 77%, and Italy, Slovenia, India and China add another 15%. Europe is the next-largest source region at 13%.

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  1. 01Turkey
  2. 02Italy
  3. 03Slovenia
  4. 04India
  5. 05China
  6. 06France
  7. 07Austria
  8. 08Guatemala

Where it lands

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

97% arrives by ship, mostly in containers, mostly through East Coast ports. Savannah alone takes 39%. Norfolk and Wilmington follow at 19% and 16%.

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  1. ASavannah, GA $36.6M
  2. BNorfolk, VA $17.6M
  3. CWilmington, DE $14.7M
  4. DHouston, TX $10.3M
  5. ENewark, NJ $8.7M
  6. FNew York, NY $1.2M
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.

Three states are listed for over $10M each, and they mirror the top ports.

  1. 01Georgia$32.6M
  2. 02Delaware$19.0M
  3. 03Virginia$17.9M
  4. 04Pennsylvania$5.4M
  5. 05New York$4.4M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 2840. How we count.