Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.5 billion$1.5B
vs 2010
0.7× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
27%
Busiest portTop port
San Juan Airport, PR

Sulfonamides: mostly from Ireland, 54% of $1.5 billion.

China is second at 10%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1.5B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Ireland$0.80B53.9%
  2. 02China$0.15B9.8%
  3. 03India$0.14B9.2%
  4. 04Singapore$0.11B7.7%
  5. 05Switzerland$56.9M3.8%
  6. 06Spain$46.2M3.1%
  7. 07Portugal$38.9M2.6%
  8. 08Belgium$26.4M1.8%
  9. 09Japan$23.6M1.6%
  10. 10Germany$19.0M1.3%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $78.5M5.3%

Total US HS 2935 imports by year · $2.2B in 2010 to $1.5B 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.

India0.9% → 9.2%
China5.3% → 9.8%
Spain0.3% → 3.1%
Portugal0% → 2.6%
Switzerland2% → 3.8%
Belgium0.1% → 1.8%
Japan0.4% → 1.6%
Germany1% → 1.3%
Ireland55% → 54%
Singapore30% → 7.7%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Europe. Ireland alone sends 54%, and Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Belgium and Germany add another 13%. China, India and Singapore send 27% from Asia.

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  1. 01Ireland
  2. 02China
  3. 03India
  4. 04Singapore
  5. 05Switzerland
  6. 06Spain
  7. 07Portugal
  8. 08Belgium

Where it lands

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

72% arrives by air. San Juan Airport alone takes 38%. Newark and Chicago follow at 21% 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 $0.56B
  2. BNewark, NJ $0.31B
  3. CChicago, IL $88.9M
  4. DNorfolk, VA $78.5M
  5. ECharleston, SC $64.7M
  6. FLos Angeles, CA $59.5M
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 $10M each.

  1. 01North Carolina$82.3M
  2. 02Illinois$59.2M
  3. 03Ohio$58.6M
  4. 04Michigan$57.8M
  5. 05New Jersey$48.8M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 2935. How we count.