Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$59.1 million$59.1M
vs 2010
3.5× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
84%
Busiest portTop port
Norfolk, VA

Hydraulic brake fluids and prepared liquids for hydraulic transmission: mostly from Germany, 51% of $59.1 million.

United Kingdom is second at 31%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $59.1M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Germany$30.3M51.3%
  2. 02United Kingdom$18.3M31.0%
  3. 03Switzerland$2.8M4.7%
  4. 04Mexico$2.7M4.5%
  5. 05South Korea$1.7M2.9%
  6. 06France$780K1.3%
  7. 07Canada$462K0.8%
  8. 08Japan$306K0.5%
  9. 09Argentina$306K0.5%
  10. 10Taiwan$302K0.5%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $1.1M1.9%

Total US HS 3819 imports by year · $16.8M in 2010 to $59.1M 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.

United Kingdom13% → 31%
Switzerland1% → 4.7%
Argentina0% → 0.5%
Taiwan0.4% → 0.5%
France1.2% → 1.3%
Japan1% → 0.5%
Mexico5% → 4.5%
South Korea4.9% → 2.9%
Canada5.4% → 0.8%
Germany63% → 51%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Europe. Germany alone sends 51%, and the United Kingdom, Switzerland and France add another 37%. Mexico ships from Latin America.

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

Where it lands

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

84% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and Gulf Coast ports. Norfolk alone takes 25%. Newark and Houston follow at 16% and 11%.

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  1. ANorfolk, VA $14.8M
  2. BNewark, NJ $9.3M
  3. CHouston, TX $6.4M
  4. DSavannah, GA $6.3M
  5. EChicago, IL $4.5M
  6. FCharleston, SC $3.7M
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 $10M.

  1. 01Kansas$10.3M
  2. 02Georgia$7.8M
  3. 03Illinois$7.6M
  4. 04Texas$7.2M
  5. 05California$3.7M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 3819. How we count.