Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$2.1 billion$2.1B
vs 2010
2.4× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
45%
Busiest portTop port
Laredo, TX

Organic surface-active agents: Mexico leads with 31% of $2.1 billion.

Canada is second at 20%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $2.1B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$0.65B31.5%
  2. 02Canada$0.41B20.0%
  3. 03Germany$0.19B9.1%
  4. 04China$99.5M4.8%
  5. 05South Korea$73.5M3.5%
  6. 06United Kingdom$69.9M3.4%
  7. 07India$60.3M2.9%
  8. 08Poland$58.2M2.8%
  9. 09Italy$50.4M2.4%
  10. 10Japan$49.5M2.4%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.36B17.3%

Total US HS 3402 imports by year · $868M in 2010 to $2.1B 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.

Mexico26% → 31%
United Kingdom1.9% → 3.4%
South Korea2.2% → 3.5%
India2.4% → 2.9%
Poland2.8% → 2.8%
Italy2.8% → 2.4%
Canada21% → 20%
China6.7% → 4.8%
Germany11% → 9.1%
Japan5.9% → 2.4%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Latin America is the largest source at 34%, then Europe at 26%. Mexico and Canada send 51% between them, and Germany, China and South Korea add another 17%.

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

Where it enters

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

53% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Laredo alone takes 26%. Newark and Port Huron follow at 12% and 8%.

Goods crossing by land are recorded at Census ports of entry, which can be inland.

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  1. ALaredo, TX $0.54B
  2. BNewark, NJ $0.25B
  3. CPort Huron, MI $0.17B
  4. DLos Angeles, CA $0.14B
  5. EBuffalo-Niagara Falls, NY $0.13B
  6. FNorfolk, VA $88.4M
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.

Five states are listed for over $100M each, and they mirror the top ports.

  1. 01Texas$0.54B
  2. 02California$0.18B
  3. 03Illinois$0.15B
  4. 04New Jersey$0.14B
  5. 05New York$0.11B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 3402. How we count.