Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$485 million$485M
vs 2010
0.9× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
57%
Busiest portTop port
Savannah, GA

Chemical preparations for use in photography: mostly from Japan, 83% of $485 million.

South Korea is second at 6%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $485M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Japan$400M82.5%
  2. 02South Korea$29.1M6.0%
  3. 03Netherlands$25.3M5.2%
  4. 04Taiwan$11.3M2.3%
  5. 05Belgium$10.5M2.2%
  6. 06Germany$1.8M0.4%
  7. 07China$1.6M0.3%
  8. 08United Kingdom$1.3M0.3%
  9. 09Ireland$1.2M0.2%
  10. 10Spain$658K0.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $1.9M0.4%

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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.

Netherlands<0.1% → 5.2%
Taiwan0.4% → 2.3%
Belgium1.3% → 2.2%
South Korea5.6% → 6%
United Kingdom0.2% → 0.3%
Ireland0.2% → 0.2%
Germany0.7% → 0.4%
Spain0.6% → 0.1%
Japan85% → 83%
China3.1% → 0.3%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Japan alone sends 83%, and South Korea, the Netherlands, Taiwan and Belgium add another 16%. Europe is the next-largest source region at 8%.

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

Where it lands

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

57% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East Coast ports. Savannah alone takes 26%. Newark and San Francisco Airport (SFO) follow at 18% and 12%.

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ABCDEF
  1. ASavannah, GA $125M
  2. BNewark, NJ $85.4M
  3. CSan Francisco Airport (SFO), CA $60.6M
  4. DLos Angeles Airport (LAX), CA $43.9M
  5. EJFK Airport, NY $42.4M
  6. FDallas-Fort Worth, TX $41.3M
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.

One state is listed for over $100M.

  1. 01Georgia$129M
  2. 02New York$88.2M
  3. 03California$76.2M
  4. 04Arizona$43.0M
  5. 05Texas$42.4M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 3707. How we count.