Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$585 million$585M
vs 2010
4.9× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
93%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

Artificial graphite: Indonesia leads with 31% of $585 million.

China is a close second at 24%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $585M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Indonesia$180M30.8%
  2. 02China$143M24.5%
  3. 03South Korea$69.8M11.9%
  4. 04France$44.5M7.6%
  5. 05Spain$39.6M6.8%
  6. 06Germany$21.4M3.6%
  7. 07Mexico$21.1M3.6%
  8. 08India$14.1M2.4%
  9. 09Switzerland$13.5M2.3%
  10. 10Japan$12.3M2.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $25.6M4.4%

Total US HS 3801 imports by year · $119M in 2010 to $585M 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.

Indonesia0% → 31%
South Korea1.4% → 12%
Spain0.2% → 6.8%
France3.5% → 7.6%
India1.8% → 2.4%
Mexico5.9% → 3.6%
Switzerland6.5% → 2.3%
Germany10% → 3.6%
China35% → 24%
Japan19% → 2.1%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Asia. Indonesia and China send 55% between them, and South Korea, India and Japan add another 16%. France, Spain and Germany send 18% from Europe.

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  1. 01Indonesia
  2. 02China
  3. 03South Korea
  4. 04France
  5. 05Spain
  6. 06Germany
  7. 07Mexico
  8. 08India

Where it lands

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

93% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West and East Coast ports. Los Angeles alone takes 31%. Oakland and Chester follow at 16% and 11%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $184M
  2. BOakland, CA $91.7M
  3. CChester, PA $67.1M
  4. DNewark, NJ $57.5M
  5. ESavannah, GA $32.2M
  6. FTacoma, WA $28.5M
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.

Three states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01Michigan$130M
  2. 02Pennsylvania$115M
  3. 03California$101M
  4. 04Georgia$65.7M
  5. 05Texas$33.7M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 3801. How we count.