Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$590 million$590M
vs 2010
1.6× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
31%
Busiest portTop port
Chicago, IL

Vegetable alkaloids, natural or synthetic, and their salts: India leads with 17% of $590 million.

Germany is just behind, also at 17%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $590M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01India$101M17.1%
  2. 02Germany$100M17.0%
  3. 03China$97.6M16.5%
  4. 04Switzerland$87.5M14.8%
  5. 05United Kingdom$59.9M10.1%
  6. 06Australia$43.1M7.3%
  7. 07Italy$30.1M5.1%
  8. 08France$19.4M3.3%
  9. 09Czech Republic$18.6M3.2%
  10. 10Turkey$2.2M0.4%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $30.4M5.2%

Total US HS 2939 imports by year · $376M in 2010 to $590M 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.

Switzerland1.9% → 15%
India6.2% → 17%
China7.4% → 17%
Italy1.3% → 5.1%
France0.4% → 3.3%
Germany15% → 17%
Czech Republic3.6% → 3.2%
Turkey3% → 0.4%
Australia13% → 7.3%
United Kingdom43% → 10%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Europe. Germany and Switzerland send 32% between them, and the United Kingdom, Italy, France and the Czech Republic add another 22%. India and China send 34% from Asia.

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

Where it lands

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

67% arrives by air. Chicago alone takes 26%. JFK Airport and Newark follow at 14% and 12%.

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

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  • FSan Juan, PR, off map

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ABCDE
  1. AChicago, IL $153M
  2. BJFK Airport, NY $83.7M
  3. CNewark, NJ $70.2M
  4. DLos Angeles, CA $45.3M
  5. EAtlanta, GA $32.8M
  6. FSan Juan, PR $24.2M
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. 01New Jersey$132M
  2. 02Kentucky$93.0M
  3. 03California$70.4M
  4. 04Missouri$50.2M
  5. 05North Carolina$35.9M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 2939. How we count.