Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$339 million$339M
vs 2010
3.4× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
68%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

Glycosides, natural or synthetic, and their salts, ethers: mostly from China, 65% of $339 million.

Malaysia is second at 12%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $339M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01China$221M65.1%
  2. 02Malaysia$41.0M12.1%
  3. 03Thailand$12.3M3.6%
  4. 04Chile$9.0M2.6%
  5. 05Switzerland$8.7M2.6%
  6. 06Italy$8.1M2.4%
  7. 07South Korea$7.9M2.3%
  8. 08India$4.5M1.3%
  9. 09Peru$4.0M1.2%
  10. 10Spain$2.4M0.7%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $20.4M6.0%

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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% → 65%
Thailand0.2% → 3.6%
Chile<0.1% → 2.6%
Italy1.1% → 2.4%
Peru0% → 1.2%
Switzerland2.3% → 2.6%
South Korea2.4% → 2.3%
India2% → 1.3%
Spain1.5% → 0.7%
Hong Kong3% → <0.1%
Malaysia24% → 12%
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 65%, and Malaysia, Thailand, South Korea and India add another 19%. Switzerland, Italy and Denmark ship from Europe.

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Where it lands

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

68% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West Coast ports. Los Angeles alone takes 37%. Long Beach and Chicago follow at 13% and 10%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $127M
  2. BLong Beach, CA $43.7M
  3. CChicago, IL $35.5M
  4. DNewark, NJ $33.9M
  5. ELos Angeles Airport (LAX), CA $25.2M
  6. FJFK Airport, NY $14.3M
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.

One state is listed for over $100M.

  1. 01California$115M
  2. 02Illinois$60.5M
  3. 03New York$37.1M
  4. 04New Jersey$28.3M
  5. 05Georgia$19.4M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 2938. How we count.