Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$9.3 billion$9.3B
vs 2010
0.7× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
27%
Busiest portTop port
San Juan Airport, PR

Nitrogen-based pharmaceutical chemicals: Ireland leads with 43% of $9.3 billion.

China is second at 14%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $9.3B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Ireland$4.00B43.2%
  2. 02China$1.33B14.4%
  3. 03Switzerland$1.08B11.7%
  4. 04India$0.75B8.1%
  5. 05Germany$0.43B4.6%
  6. 06Belgium$0.35B3.8%
  7. 07Italy$0.19B2.1%
  8. 08United Kingdom$0.18B2.0%
  9. 09Japan$0.16B1.8%
  10. 10Singapore$0.14B1.5%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.65B7.0%

Total US HS 2933 imports by year · $12.6B in 2010 to $9.3B 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.

China7.6% → 14%
Switzerland5% → 12%
India3.1% → 8.1%
Belgium0.8% → 3.8%
Italy2% → 2.1%
Japan3.8% → 1.8%
Germany6.8% → 4.6%
United Kingdom4.6% → 2%
Ireland50% → 43%
Singapore9.8% → 1.5%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Europe. Ireland and Switzerland send 55% between them, and Germany, Belgium, Italy and the United Kingdom add another 12%. China, India and Japan send 24% from Asia.

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  1. 01Ireland
  2. 02China
  3. 03Switzerland
  4. 04India
  5. 05Germany
  6. 06Belgium
  7. 07Italy
  8. 08United Kingdom

Where it lands

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

70% arrives by air. San Juan Airport alone takes 46%. JFK Airport and Newark follow at 11% and 6%.

Air cargo is recorded where it clears customs, which isn't always where the plane landed.

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  • ASan Juan Airport, PR, off map

Off this map: A San Juan Airport, PR

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  1. ASan Juan Airport, PR $4.26B
  2. BJFK Airport, NY $1.01B
  3. CNewark, NJ $0.55B
  4. DChicago, IL $0.54B
  5. ECharleston, SC $0.44B
  6. FNorfolk, VA $0.32B
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.

15 states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01Pennsylvania$0.66B
  2. 02Georgia$0.60B
  3. 03Missouri$0.42B
  4. 04New Jersey$0.39B
  5. 05Iowa$0.29B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 2933. How we count.