Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$2.4 billion$2.4B
vs 2010
3.0× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
5%
Busiest portTop port
San Juan Airport, PR

Medicaments, consisting of mixtures for therapeutic etc. uses: Portugal leads with 49% of $2.4 billion.

Italy is second at 15%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $2.4B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Portugal$1.17B49.5%
  2. 02Italy$0.37B15.4%
  3. 03Singapore$0.25B10.5%
  4. 04Denmark$0.11B4.8%
  5. 05Ireland$0.10B4.3%
  6. 06China$83.2M3.5%
  7. 07India$55.1M2.3%
  8. 08Belgium$32.2M1.4%
  9. 09Spain$26.0M1.1%
  10. 10Canada$25.9M1.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.14B6.1%

Total US HS 3003 imports by year · $788M in 2010 to $2.4B 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.

Portugal2.1% → 49%
Italy4.8% → 15%
Singapore2.9% → 10%
Denmark2.1% → 4.8%
Ireland3.2% → 4.3%
Spain1.2% → 1.1%
Belgium1.6% → 1.4%
Canada5.9% → 1.1%
China12% → 3.5%
India12% → 2.3%
United Kingdom12% → 0.3%
Germany13% → 0.5%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Europe. Portugal and Italy send 65% between them, and Denmark, Ireland, Belgium and Austria add another 12%. Singapore, China and India send 16% from Asia.

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

Where it lands

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

85% arrives by air. San Juan Airport alone takes 39%. Chicago and Philadelphia Airport follow at 17% and 9%.

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

BCDEF
  • ASan Juan Airport, PR, off map

Off this map: A San Juan Airport, PR

BCDEF
  1. ASan Juan Airport, PR $0.91B
  2. BChicago, IL $0.39B
  3. CPhiladelphia Airport, PA $0.22B
  4. DAlexandria Bay, NY $0.21B
  5. ENewark, NJ $0.19B
  6. FJFK Airport, NY $0.10B
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.

Five states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01New York$0.34B
  2. 02Missouri$0.25B
  3. 03Indiana$0.18B
  4. 04Illinois$0.16B
  5. 05North Carolina$0.15B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 3003. How we count.