Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$220 million$220M
vs 2010
3.9× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
0.1%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles Airport (LAX), CA

Photographic plates and film, exposed and developed: Taiwan leads with 33% of $220 million.

Germany is a close second at 31%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $220M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Taiwan$72.5M32.9%
  2. 02Germany$69.2M31.5%
  3. 03Japan$46.0M20.9%
  4. 04South Korea$21.1M9.6%
  5. 05Canada$4.6M2.1%
  6. 06United Kingdom$3.3M1.5%
  7. 07Netherlands$1.2M0.6%
  8. 08Singapore$782K0.4%
  9. 09France$752K0.3%
  10. 10Italy$173K<0.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $383K0.2%

Total US HS 3705 imports by year · $55.9M in 2010 to $220M 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.

Taiwan3.1% → 33%
Canada1.2% → 2.1%
United Kingdom0.7% → 1.5%
Netherlands0.3% → 0.6%
Germany31% → 31%
Singapore0.4% → 0.4%
Italy0.4% → <0.1%
France1.6% → 0.3%
Japan25% → 21%
South Korea36% → 9.6%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from East Asia. Taiwan and Japan send 54% between them, and South Korea adds another 10%. Germany and the United Kingdom send 33% from Europe.

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

Where it lands

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

98% arrives by air. Los Angeles Airport (LAX) alone takes 37%. Dallas-Fort Worth and Newark follow at 22% and 17%.

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

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ABCDEF
  1. ALos Angeles Airport (LAX), CA $81.1M
  2. BDallas-Fort Worth, TX $48.7M
  3. CNewark, NJ $37.4M
  4. DNew Orleans, LA $21.3M
  5. ESan Francisco Airport (SFO), CA $6.2M
  6. FJFK Airport, NY $4.9M
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.

Four states are listed for over $10M each.

  1. 01Arizona$73.6M
  2. 02Texas$52.2M
  3. 03New York$49.2M
  4. 04California$13.5M
  5. 05Utah$5.3M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 3705. How we count.