Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$433 million$433M
vs 2010
3.2× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
47%
Busiest portTop port
Detroit, MI

Paints and varnishes based on synthetic polymers or chemically: Canada leads with 35% of $433 million.

Sweden is second at 14%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $433M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Canada$151M34.9%
  2. 02Sweden$61.0M14.1%
  3. 03Germany$50.2M11.6%
  4. 04Mexico$49.6M11.4%
  5. 05Italy$35.1M8.1%
  6. 06Netherlands$16.9M3.9%
  7. 07Japan$16.8M3.9%
  8. 08United Kingdom$14.0M3.2%
  9. 09South Korea$6.2M1.4%
  10. 10France$4.0M0.9%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $28.4M6.6%

Total US HS 3209 imports by year · $137M in 2010 to $433M 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.

Italy3.4% → 8.1%
Sweden12% → 14%
Netherlands2% → 3.9%
United Kingdom1.6% → 3.2%
France0.6% → 0.9%
Germany11% → 12%
Mexico11% → 11%
South Korea1.6% → 1.4%
Japan6.9% → 3.9%
Canada44% → 35%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Europe is the largest source at 45%, then North America at 35%. Canada and Sweden send 49% between them, and Germany, Mexico and Italy add another 31%.

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

Where it lands

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

It arrives several ways: 49% by land and other routes, 47% by ship and 4% by air. Detroit takes 19%. Charleston and Laredo follow at 18% and 11%.

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  1. ADetroit, MI $81.2M
  2. BCharleston, SC $78.2M
  3. CLaredo, TX $46.3M
  4. DNewark, NJ $33.8M
  5. EPort Huron, MI $30.4M
  6. FBuffalo-Niagara Falls, NY $26.5M
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.

11 states are listed for over $10M each, and they mirror the top ports.

  1. 01South Carolina$61.5M
  2. 02North Carolina$50.9M
  3. 03Texas$42.4M
  4. 04Michigan$35.5M
  5. 05New Jersey$31.5M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Products in this code

Counted under HS 3209. How we count.