Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.1 billion$1.1B
vs 2010
3.3× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
97%
Busiest portTop port
New Orleans, LA

Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids: mostly from Indonesia, 67% of $1.1 billion.

Malaysia is second at 13%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1.1B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Indonesia$0.76B66.6%
  2. 02Malaysia$0.14B12.6%
  3. 03India$49.9M4.4%
  4. 04South Africa$46.9M4.1%
  5. 05Netherlands$37.4M3.3%
  6. 06Germany$29.7M2.6%
  7. 07Mexico$16.3M1.4%
  8. 08Finland$9.6M0.8%
  9. 09Canada$5.5M0.5%
  10. 10China$3.9M0.3%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $39.3M3.4%

Total US HS 3823 imports by year · $331M in 2010 to $1.1B 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.

Indonesia19% → 67%
Mexico0.2% → 1.4%
Finland<0.1% → 0.8%
Canada0.4% → 0.5%
India5.9% → 4.4%
China2.5% → 0.3%
Germany5.5% → 2.6%
Netherlands6.2% → 3.3%
South Africa7.9% → 4.1%
Malaysia46% → 13%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Southeast Asia. Indonesia alone sends 67%, and Malaysia and India add another 17%. The Netherlands and Germany ship from Europe.

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  1. 01Indonesia
  2. 02Malaysia
  3. 03India
  4. 04South Africa
  5. 05Netherlands
  6. 06Germany
  7. 07Mexico
  8. 08Finland

Where it lands

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

97% arrives by ship, mostly in containers, mostly through Gulf and East Coast ports. New Orleans alone takes 28%. Houston and Newark follow at 20% and 13%.

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  1. ANew Orleans, LA $0.32B
  2. BHouston, TX $0.23B
  3. CNewark, NJ $0.15B
  4. DBaltimore, MD $0.15B
  5. ETacoma, WA $52.7M
  6. FOakland, CA $48.6M
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 $100M each, and they mirror the top ports.

  1. 01Ohio$0.22B
  2. 02Louisiana$0.19B
  3. 03Texas$0.16B
  4. 04Maryland$0.13B
  5. 05California$0.11B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 3823. How we count.