Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$58.5 billion$58.5B
vs 2010
59.2× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
0.1%
Busiest portTop port
Chicago, IL

Hormones and steroids: mostly from Ireland, 96% of $58.5 billion.

China is second at 2%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $58.5B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Ireland$56.30B96.2%
  2. 02China$1.20B2.1%
  3. 03Italy$0.24B0.4%
  4. 04Denmark$0.12B0.2%
  5. 05France$0.12B0.2%
  6. 06Germany$0.10B0.2%
  7. 07Switzerland$97.0M0.2%
  8. 08Argentina$70.9M0.1%
  9. 09Sweden$60.0M0.1%
  10. 10India$51.1M<0.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.19B0.3%

Total US HS 2937 imports by year · $988M in 2010 to $58.5B 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.

Ireland0.7% → 96%
Switzerland1.1% → 0.2%
Sweden1.2% → 0.1%
Argentina1.5% → 0.1%
Germany2.5% → 0.2%
India3.8% → <0.1%
Italy5.3% → 0.4%
China7.5% → 2.1%
France7.3% → 0.2%
Denmark14% → 0.2%
Netherlands39% → <0.1%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Ireland sends almost all of it (96%). China is next at 2%.

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  1. 01Ireland
  2. 02China
  3. 03Italy
  4. 04Denmark
  5. 05France
  6. 06Germany
  7. 07Switzerland
  8. 08Argentina

Where it lands

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

Over 99% arrives by air. Most of it enters at Chicago (97%).

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

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  1. AChicago, IL $56.79B
  2. BIndianapolis, IN $0.56B
  3. CNewark, NJ $0.30B
  4. DJFK Airport, NY $0.17B
  5. ELos Angeles Airport (LAX), CA $0.14B
  6. FSan Francisco Airport (SFO), CA $0.12B
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.

One state is listed for over $10B.

  1. 01Indiana$57.30B
  2. 02New Jersey$0.18B
  3. 03California$0.16B
  4. 04North Carolina$0.12B
  5. 05Nevada$92.6M
$10B+$4–10B$1–4B$100M–1BUnder $100M

Counted under HS 2937. How we count.