Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$686 million$686M
vs 2010
0.8× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
80%
Busiest portTop port
Newark, NJ

Synthetic organic coloring matter and preparations based thereon: India leads with 36% of $686 million.

Germany is second at 17%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $686M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01India$245M35.7%
  2. 02Germany$114M16.7%
  3. 03China$74.1M10.8%
  4. 04Mexico$45.1M6.6%
  5. 05Japan$39.1M5.7%
  6. 06Switzerland$32.3M4.7%
  7. 07South Korea$29.2M4.2%
  8. 08Canada$25.8M3.8%
  9. All othersEveryone else combined: $81.6M11.9%

Total US HS 3204 imports by year · $865M in 2010 to $686M 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.

India22% → 36%
Mexico4.7% → 6.6%
Germany16% → 17%
Japan4.8% → 5.7%
Canada3.5% → 3.8%
South Korea4.7% → 4.2%
Switzerland6.1% → 4.7%
China26% → 11%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Asia. India and China send 46% between them, and Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Indonesia add another 14%. Germany, Switzerland and the United Kingdom send 23% from Europe.

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  1. 01India
  2. 02Germany
  3. 03China
  4. 04Mexico
  5. 05Japan
  6. 06Switzerland
  7. 07South Korea
  8. 08Canada

Where it lands

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

80% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East Coast ports. Newark takes 21%. Norfolk and Charleston follow at 19% and 14%.

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  1. ANewark, NJ $144M
  2. BNorfolk, VA $130M
  3. CCharleston, SC $97.4M
  4. DLos Angeles, CA $49.4M
  5. ELaredo, TX $46.9M
  6. FPhiladelphia, PA $29.5M
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.

13 states are listed for over $10M each.

  1. 01Kentucky$84.9M
  2. 02North Carolina$78.3M
  3. 03Illinois$72.7M
  4. 04South Carolina$68.4M
  5. 05Ohio$67.1M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 3204. How we count.