Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$200 million$200M
vs 2010
0.8× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
29%
Busiest portTop port
Laredo, TX

Finishing agents: Mexico leads with 49% of $200 million.

Canada is second at 24%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $200M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$97.1M48.6%
  2. 02Canada$47.8M23.9%
  3. 03Germany$10.6M5.3%
  4. 04Sweden$7.8M3.9%
  5. 05South Korea$5.8M2.9%
  6. 06Guatemala$3.6M1.8%
  7. 07Japan$3.3M1.7%
  8. 08United Kingdom$2.6M1.3%
  9. 09France$2.4M1.2%
  10. 10Singapore$2.4M1.2%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $16.4M8.2%

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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.

Mexico27% → 49%
Sweden0% → 3.9%
Guatemala<0.1% → 1.8%
South Korea1.3% → 2.9%
Singapore0% → 1.2%
United Kingdom0.2% → 1.3%
France1.2% → 1.2%
Japan2.4% → 1.7%
Germany8.8% → 5.3%
Canada51% → 24%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Latin America is the largest source at 52%, then North America at 24%. Mexico and Canada send 73% between them, and Germany, Sweden and South Korea add another 12%.

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

Where it enters

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

70% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Laredo alone takes 24%. Buffalo-Niagara Falls and Charleston follow at 9% and 8%.

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

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  1. ALaredo, TX $48.2M
  2. BBuffalo-Niagara Falls, NY $17.0M
  3. CCharleston, SC $16.2M
  4. DPort Huron, MI $15.4M
  5. ECalexico East, CA $15.3M
  6. FNewark, NJ $12.3M
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.

Five states are listed for over $10M each, and they mirror the top ports.

  1. 01Texas$36.8M
  2. 02California$32.7M
  3. 03South Carolina$19.6M
  4. 04Georgia$12.2M
  5. 05New Jersey$10.8M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 3809. How we count.