Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.5 billion$1.5B
vs 2010
0.5× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
72%
Busiest portTop port
Newark, NJ

Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulfonated: Canada leads with 22% of $1.5 billion.

Trinidad and Tobago is second at 10%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1.5B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Canada$0.33B21.7%
  2. 02Trinidad and Tobago$0.16B10.4%
  3. 03Germany$0.14B9.0%
  4. 04Indonesia$0.13B8.7%
  5. 05Netherlands$0.10B6.7%
  6. 06China$79.7M5.2%
  7. 07India$76.9M5.0%
  8. 08Malaysia$72.2M4.7%
  9. 09France$52.9M3.4%
  10. 10Venezuela$39.7M2.6%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.35B22.5%

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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.

Indonesia1.4% → 8.7%
Netherlands0.3% → 6.7%
Germany6% → 9%
India2.9% → 5%
China3.1% → 5.2%
France1.5% → 3.4%
Malaysia2.7% → 4.7%
Venezuela7.5% → 2.6%
Canada27% → 22%
Trinidad and Tobago25% → 10%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Asia is the largest source at 34%, then Europe at 26%. Canada and Trinidad and Tobago send 32% between them, and Germany, Indonesia and the Netherlands add another 24%.

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  1. 01Canada
  2. 02Trinidad and Tobago
  3. 03Germany
  4. 04Indonesia
  5. 05Netherlands
  6. 06China
  7. 07India
  8. 08Malaysia

Where it lands

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

72% arrives by ship, mostly in containers, mostly through East and Gulf Coast ports. Newark takes 21%. Houston and Portal follow at 16% and 9%.

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  1. ANewark, NJ $0.33B
  2. BHouston, TX $0.25B
  3. CPortal, ND $0.15B
  4. DLos Angeles, CA $0.11B
  5. EWilmington, NC $0.10B
  6. FNorfolk, VA $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 Jersey$0.28B
  2. 02Texas$0.27B
  3. 03Illinois$0.15B
  4. 04North Carolina$0.13B
  5. 05Ohio$98.1M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 2905. How we count.