Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$228 million$228M
vs 2010
1.5× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
64%
Busiest portTop port
Newark, NJ

Quaternary ammonium salts and hydroxides: Germany leads with 16% of $228 million.

China is a close second at 14%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $228M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Germany$37.3M16.4%
  2. 02China$31.1M13.6%
  3. 03India$27.8M12.2%
  4. 04United Kingdom$18.8M8.2%
  5. 05Italy$17.2M7.5%
  6. 06Taiwan$12.7M5.6%
  7. 07Finland$11.0M4.8%
  8. 08South Korea$10.0M4.4%
  9. 09Israel$9.7M4.2%
  10. 10Mexico$8.3M3.7%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $44.0M19.3%

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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.

United Kingdom0.4% → 8.2%
India6% → 12%
Taiwan0.8% → 5.6%
South Korea0.4% → 4.4%
Italy5% → 7.5%
Mexico2.7% → 3.7%
Finland3.9% → 4.8%
Israel4.1% → 4.2%
Germany19% → 16%
Japan8.4% → 3.5%
China28% → 14%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Europe is the largest source at 48%, then Asia at 40%. Germany and China send 30% between them, and India, the United Kingdom and Italy add another 28%.

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  1. 01Germany
  2. 02China
  3. 03India
  4. 04United Kingdom
  5. 05Italy
  6. 06Taiwan
  7. 07Finland
  8. 08South Korea

Where it lands

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

64% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Newark takes 15%. Norfolk and JFK Airport follow at 14% and 9%.

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ABCDEF
  1. ANewark, NJ $33.5M
  2. BNorfolk, VA $32.7M
  3. CJFK Airport, NY $20.2M
  4. DLos Angeles, CA $19.8M
  5. ELong Beach, CA $16.7M
  6. FCharleston, SC $13.9M
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.

Eight states are listed for over $10M each.

  1. 01New Jersey$35.1M
  2. 02California$24.5M
  3. 03Illinois$23.4M
  4. 04Virginia$17.0M
  5. 05Arizona$14.1M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 2923. How we count.