Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$142 million$142M
vs 2010
2.6× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
42%
Busiest portTop port
Laredo, TX

Refractory cements, mortarts, concretes and similar compositions: Canada leads with 36% of $142 million.

Austria is second at 22%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $142M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Canada$51.4M36.1%
  2. 02Austria$31.6M22.2%
  3. 03Mexico$26.6M18.7%
  4. 04Brazil$6.4M4.5%
  5. 05Spain$5.2M3.7%
  6. 06Germany$4.3M3.1%
  7. 07Turkey$3.1M2.2%
  8. 08China$1.8M1.3%
  9. 09United Kingdom$1.6M1.1%
  10. 10Japan$1.5M1.0%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $8.6M6.0%

Total US HS 3816 imports by year · $53.9M in 2010 to $142M 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.

Mexico8.2% → 19%
Canada26% → 36%
Brazil4.1% → 4.5%
United Kingdom1.8% → 1.1%
Spain5% → 3.7%
Japan3.6% → 1%
China4.3% → 1.3%
Germany7% → 3.1%
Austria27% → 22%
Turkey7.2% → 2.2%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

North America is the largest source at 36%, then Europe at 35%. Canada and Austria send 58% between them, and Mexico, Brazil and Spain add another 27%.

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Where it enters

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

57% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Laredo takes 19%. Port Huron and Buffalo-Niagara Falls follow at 17% and 11%.

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

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  1. ALaredo, TX $26.5M
  2. BPort Huron, MI $23.8M
  3. CBuffalo-Niagara Falls, NY $16.3M
  4. DHouston, TX $15.3M
  5. ENewark, NJ $11.8M
  6. FDetroit, MI $11.1M
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.

Six states are listed for over $10M each.

  1. 01Pennsylvania$30.9M
  2. 02Texas$19.0M
  3. 03Ohio$17.6M
  4. 04Indiana$15.4M
  5. 05Alabama$12.9M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 3816. How we count.