Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$105 million$105M
vs 2010
1.2× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
85%
Busiest portTop port
Houston, TX

Phosphoric esters and their salts, including lactophosphates: China leads with 29% of $105 million.

Germany is a close second at 28%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $105M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01China$30.8M29.4%
  2. 02Germany$29.3M27.9%
  3. 03India$10.4M9.9%
  4. 04Taiwan$7.3M7.0%
  5. 05Thailand$5.4M5.1%
  6. 06Poland$5.1M4.8%
  7. 07Japan$4.9M4.6%
  8. 08Switzerland$3.4M3.2%
  9. 09United Kingdom$2.2M2.1%
  10. 10Italy$1.9M1.8%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $4.3M4.1%

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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.

Germany15% → 28%
India0.9% → 9.9%
Taiwan<0.1% → 7%
Thailand0% → 5.1%
Poland0.3% → 4.8%
Switzerland2.8% → 3.2%
Italy1.9% → 1.8%
United Kingdom2.6% → 2.1%
Japan5.2% → 4.6%
China62% → 29%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Asia. China and India send 39% between them, and Taiwan, Thailand and Japan add another 17%. Germany, Poland and Switzerland send 36% from Europe.

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  1. 01China
  2. 02Germany
  3. 03India
  4. 04Taiwan
  5. 05Thailand
  6. 06Poland
  7. 07Japan
  8. 08Switzerland

Where it lands

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

85% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and Gulf Coast ports. Houston alone takes 28%. Newark and Los Angeles follow at 14% and 10%.

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  1. AHouston, TX $28.9M
  2. BNewark, NJ $14.6M
  3. CLos Angeles, CA $10.1M
  4. DCharleston, SC $8.9M
  5. ENorfolk, VA $6.1M
  6. FSavannah, GA $5.2M
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.

  1. 01Texas$28.6M
  2. 02New Jersey$19.7M
  3. 03South Carolina$10.3M
  4. 04New York$7.7M
  5. 05Nebraska$5.4M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 2919. How we count.