Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$162 million$162M
vs 2010
1.3× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
27%
Busiest portTop port
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY

Propellant powders: mostly from Canada, 70% of $162 million.

Australia is second at 11%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $162M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Canada$113M70.1%
  2. 02Australia$18.1M11.2%
  3. 03Finland$4.6M2.9%
  4. 04Sweden$4.4M2.7%
  5. 05Switzerland$3.8M2.3%
  6. 06Germany$3.7M2.3%
  7. 07Belgium$3.0M1.8%
  8. 08Thailand$2.8M1.8%
  9. 09France$2.1M1.3%
  10. 10China$1.3M0.8%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $4.4M2.7%

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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.

Canada67% → 70%
Thailand0% → 1.8%
Germany0.9% → 2.3%
Australia10% → 11%
Switzerland1.5% → 2.3%
China0% → 0.8%
France0.7% → 1.3%
Belgium1.5% → 1.8%
Finland4% → 2.9%
Sweden5.6% → 2.7%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Canada alone sends 70%, and Australia, Finland, Sweden and Switzerland add another 19%. Europe is the next-largest source region at 15%.

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  1. 01Canada
  2. 02Australia
  3. 03Finland
  4. 04Sweden
  5. 05Switzerland
  6. 06Germany
  7. 07Belgium
  8. 08Thailand

Where it enters

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

73% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Most of it enters at Champlain-Rouses Point (73%). Los Angeles and Portland follow at 9% and 8%.

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

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ABCDEF
  1. AChamplain-Rouses Point, NY $117M
  2. BLos Angeles, CA $15.0M
  3. CPortland, ME $12.1M
  4. DPort Manatee, FL $7.2M
  5. ENorfolk, VA $6.3M
  6. FCharleston, SC $1.1M
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.

Six states are listed for over $10M each.

  1. 01Illinois$54.5M
  2. 02Virginia$27.0M
  3. 03Alabama$18.0M
  4. 04Kansas$15.2M
  5. 05Florida$12.1M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 3601. How we count.