Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$780 million$780M
vs 2010
2.1× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
53%
Busiest portTop port
Newark, NJ

Paints and varnishes based on synthetic polymers or chemically: Canada leads with 26% of $780 million.

Germany is second at 16%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $780M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Canada$204M26.2%
  2. 02Germany$126M16.1%
  3. 03Mexico$74.6M9.6%
  4. 04Japan$66.5M8.5%
  5. 05South Korea$52.0M6.7%
  6. 06United Kingdom$42.1M5.4%
  7. 07Italy$38.8M5.0%
  8. 08Netherlands$30.8M4.0%
  9. 09France$15.5M2.0%
  10. 10China$11.4M1.5%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $118M15.2%

Total US HS 3208 imports by year · $377M in 2010 to $780M 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.

South Korea3.2% → 6.7%
Italy2.3% → 5%
Germany14% → 16%
United Kingdom3.9% → 5.4%
Mexico8.4% → 9.6%
Netherlands3% → 4%
France2.4% → 2%
China3.2% → 1.5%
Japan15% → 8.5%
Canada35% → 26%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Europe is the largest source at 41%, then North America at 26%. Canada and Germany send 42% between them, and Mexico, Japan and South Korea add another 25%.

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  1. 01Canada
  2. 02Germany
  3. 03Mexico
  4. 04Japan
  5. 05South Korea
  6. 06United Kingdom
  7. 07Italy
  8. 08Netherlands

Where it lands

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

53% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Newark takes 11%. Detroit and Laredo follow at 10% and 9%.

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  1. ANewark, NJ $86.8M
  2. BDetroit, MI $81.2M
  3. CLaredo, TX $69.7M
  4. DPort Huron, MI $67.9M
  5. ENorfolk, VA $57.4M
  6. FHouston, TX $53.4M
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. 01Michigan$103M
  2. 02Texas$84.8M
  3. 03Pennsylvania$75.1M
  4. 04New Jersey$62.9M
  5. 05California$58.7M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Products in this code

Counted under HS 3208. How we count.