Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$454 million$454M
vs 2010
0.9× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
75%
Busiest portTop port
Newark, NJ

Ethers,ether-alcohols,ether-phenols,ether-alcoholphenols: India leads with 23% of $454 million.

Canada is second at 17%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $454M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01India$106M23.3%
  2. 02Canada$77.9M17.1%
  3. 03China$63.5M14.0%
  4. 04Japan$45.1M9.9%
  5. 05Germany$42.3M9.3%
  6. 06South Korea$21.4M4.7%
  7. 07Taiwan$16.9M3.7%
  8. 08Belgium$12.4M2.7%
  9. 09France$10.3M2.3%
  10. 10Argentina$9.1M2.0%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $49.6M10.9%

Total US HS 2909 imports by year · $532M in 2010 to $454M 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.

India6.6% → 23%
Taiwan0.4% → 3.7%
South Korea1.4% → 4.7%
Germany7.3% → 9.3%
Argentina1.5% → 2%
Belgium2.2% → 2.7%
France2.1% → 2.3%
China15% → 14%
Japan12% → 9.9%
Canada20% → 17%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Asia. India and China send 37% between them, and Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Indonesia add another 19%. Canada adds 17%.

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  1. 01India
  2. 02Canada
  3. 03China
  4. 04Japan
  5. 05Germany
  6. 06South Korea
  7. 07Taiwan
  8. 08Belgium

Where it lands

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

75% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and Gulf Coast ports. Newark alone takes 33%. Houston and International Falls follow at 15% and 9%.

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  1. ANewark, NJ $149M
  2. BHouston, TX $66.7M
  3. CInternational Falls, MN $40.7M
  4. DLos Angeles, CA $35.8M
  5. EPortal, ND $23.7M
  6. FNorfolk, VA $22.6M
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 $100M.

  1. 01New Jersey$111M
  2. 02Texas$75.8M
  3. 03Illinois$50.0M
  4. 04Ohio$34.0M
  5. 05Pennsylvania$24.0M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 2909. How we count.