Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$655 million$655M
vs 2010
1.6× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
29%
Busiest portTop port
San Francisco Airport (SFO), CA

Photographic plates and film, flat, sensitized, unexposed: mostly from Japan, 70% of $655 million.

Germany is second at 11%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $655M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Japan$460M70.2%
  2. 02Germany$73.8M11.3%
  3. 03Singapore$36.2M5.5%
  4. 04Netherlands$26.2M4.0%
  5. 05Brazil$17.8M2.7%
  6. 06Belgium$10.6M1.6%
  7. 07Mexico$10.5M1.6%
  8. 08China$7.2M1.1%
  9. 09Taiwan$5.7M0.9%
  10. 10United Kingdom$2.6M0.4%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $4.6M0.7%

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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.

Japan50% → 70%
Singapore<0.1% → 5.5%
Brazil<0.1% → 2.7%
Netherlands2.7% → 4%
China1.3% → 1.1%
Belgium2% → 1.6%
Taiwan1.5% → 0.9%
Germany14% → 11%
United Kingdom6.4% → 0.4%
Mexico10% → 1.6%
France11% → <0.1%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Japan alone sends 70%, and Germany, Singapore, the Netherlands and Brazil add another 24%. Europe is the next-largest source region at 18%.

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  1. 01Japan
  2. 02Germany
  3. 03Singapore
  4. 04Netherlands
  5. 05Brazil
  6. 06Belgium
  7. 07Mexico
  8. 08China

Where it lands

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

69% arrives by air. San Francisco Airport (SFO) alone takes 35%. Seattle-Tacoma Airport and Newark follow at 11% and 8%.

Air cargo is recorded where it clears customs, which isn't always where the plane landed.

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ABCDEF
  1. ASan Francisco Airport (SFO), CA $229M
  2. BSeattle-Tacoma Airport, WA $71.5M
  3. CNewark, NJ $49.9M
  4. DLos Angeles, CA $39.8M
  5. ELos Angeles Airport (LAX), CA $39.2M
  6. FSavannah, GA $35.6M
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.

Two states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01California$245M
  2. 02Oregon$113M
  3. 03Illinois$65.2M
  4. 04South Carolina$46.1M
  5. 05Pennsylvania$36.0M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 3701. How we count.