Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$719 million$719M
vs 2010
2.4× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
62%
Busiest portTop port
Newark, NJ

Prepared glues and adhesives not elsewhere specified: Germany leads with 27% of $719 million.

Mexico is second at 13%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $719M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Germany$196M27.2%
  2. 02Mexico$92.7M12.9%
  3. 03Canada$77.9M10.8%
  4. 04China$70.4M9.8%
  5. 05South Korea$37.2M5.2%
  6. 06Japan$35.0M4.9%
  7. 07Italy$26.6M3.7%
  8. 08United Kingdom$22.1M3.1%
  9. 09Netherlands$17.2M2.4%
  10. 10Taiwan$17.1M2.4%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $127M17.7%

Total US HS 3506 imports by year · $303M in 2010 to $719M 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.

Mexico3.7% → 13%
Germany24% → 27%
South Korea4.8% → 5.2%
United Kingdom3.2% → 3.1%
Netherlands3% → 2.4%
Italy4.3% → 3.7%
Japan5.6% → 4.9%
Taiwan3.4% → 2.4%
Canada16% → 11%
China18% → 9.8%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Europe is the largest source at 46%, then Asia at 26%. Germany and Mexico send 40% between them, and Canada, China and South Korea add another 26%.

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

Where it lands

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

62% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Newark takes 15%. Laredo and Savannah follow at 12% and 9%.

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  1. ANewark, NJ $108M
  2. BLaredo, TX $86.8M
  3. CSavannah, GA $67.5M
  4. DLos Angeles, CA $66.8M
  5. EHouston, TX $56.9M
  6. FPort Huron, MI $36.4M
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.

17 states are listed for over $10M each.

  1. 01Texas$76.1M
  2. 02California$71.7M
  3. 03New Jersey$63.8M
  4. 04Tennessee$48.7M
  5. 05North Carolina$47.4M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 3506. How we count.