Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$113 million$113M
vs 2010
1.6× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
51%
Busiest portTop port
Newark, NJ

Inorganic compounds not elsewhere specified: Germany leads with 39% of $113 million.

Canada is a close second at 30%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $113M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Germany$44.5M39.5%
  2. 02Canada$34.3M30.4%
  3. 03South Korea$6.1M5.4%
  4. 04United Kingdom$5.8M5.1%
  5. 05Japan$5.6M5.0%
  6. 06Mexico$2.5M2.3%
  7. 07China$2.4M2.1%
  8. 08El Salvador$2.3M2.0%
  9. 09Switzerland$1.6M1.4%
  10. 10Lithuania$1.2M1.0%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $6.4M5.7%

Total US HS 2853 imports by year · $70.3M in 2010 to $113M 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.

Germany11% → 39%
South Korea<0.1% → 5.4%
United Kingdom2.4% → 5.1%
Japan2.7% → 5%
El Salvador0% → 2%
Switzerland0.3% → 1.4%
Lithuania<0.1% → 1%
China7.9% → 2.1%
Mexico20% → 2.3%
Canada50% → 30%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Europe. Germany and the United Kingdom send 45% between them, and Switzerland, Ireland and Lithuania add another 4%. Canada adds 30%.

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  1. 01Germany
  2. 02Canada
  3. 03South Korea
  4. 04United Kingdom
  5. 05Japan
  6. 06Mexico
  7. 07China
  8. 08El Salvador

Where it lands

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

51% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East Coast ports. Newark and Madawaska take 21% each. Norfolk follows at 12%.

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  1. ANewark, NJ $23.9M
  2. BMadawaska, ME $23.4M
  3. CNorfolk, VA $13.2M
  4. DBuffalo-Niagara Falls, NY $8.8M
  5. ESavannah, GA $6.2M
  6. FCharleston, SC $4.8M
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.

Three states are listed for over $10M each.

  1. 01Ohio$31.1M
  2. 02Maine$23.6M
  3. 03Pennsylvania$16.6M
  4. 04Alabama$8.6M
  5. 05North Carolina$4.8M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 2853. How we count.