Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.2 billion$1.2B
vs 2010
1.9× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
91%
Busiest portTop port
Houston, TX

Organo-inorganic compounds, not elsewhere specified: mostly from China, 66% of $1.2 billion.

Germany is second at 7%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1.2B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01China$0.78B66.4%
  2. 02Germany$87.0M7.4%
  3. 03India$71.4M6.1%
  4. 04Japan$47.7M4.0%
  5. 05United Kingdom$31.9M2.7%
  6. 06Thailand$28.0M2.4%
  7. 07France$23.4M2.0%
  8. 08Canada$20.5M1.7%
  9. 09South Korea$18.5M1.6%
  10. 10Italy$12.0M1.0%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $55.6M4.7%

Total US HS 2931 imports by year · $639M in 2010 to $1.2B 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.

China54% → 66%
India3.1% → 6.1%
Thailand0.8% → 2.4%
South Korea0.8% → 1.6%
France1.6% → 2%
Japan4.7% → 4%
United Kingdom3.8% → 2.7%
Canada2.9% → 1.7%
Italy3.6% → 1%
Germany19% → 7.4%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from East Asia. China alone sends 66%, and India, Japan, Thailand and South Korea add another 14%. Germany, the United Kingdom and France send 12% from Europe.

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  1. 01China
  2. 02Germany
  3. 03India
  4. 04Japan
  5. 05United Kingdom
  6. 06Thailand
  7. 07France
  8. 08Canada

Where it lands

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

91% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West and East Coast ports. Houston and Tacoma take 19% each. Los Angeles follows at 14%.

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  1. AHouston, TX $0.23B
  2. BTacoma, WA $0.22B
  3. CLos Angeles, CA $0.16B
  4. DSavannah, GA $0.11B
  5. ELong Beach, CA $82.3M
  6. FNewark, NJ $70.3M
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 $100M each.

  1. 01Missouri$0.24B
  2. 02Texas$0.20B
  3. 03Illinois$0.10B
  4. 04North Carolina$87.0M
  5. 05Georgia$55.5M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 2931. How we count.