Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$3.7 billion$3.7B
vs 2010
1.1× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
17%
Busiest portTop port
Port Huron, MI

Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms: mostly from Canada, 80% of $3.7 billion.

Mexico is second at 4%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $3.7B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Canada$2.96B79.7%
  2. 02Mexico$0.15B4.0%
  3. 03Germany$0.11B2.9%
  4. 04South Korea$94.4M2.5%
  5. 05Japan$47.0M1.3%
  6. 06China$36.4M1.0%
  7. 07Sweden$33.0M0.9%
  8. 08Singapore$32.7M0.9%
  9. 09France$28.0M0.8%
  10. 10Belgium$23.9M0.6%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.20B5.4%

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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.

Mexico0.9% → 4%
South Korea0.6% → 2.5%
Germany1.8% → 2.9%
Sweden0.2% → 0.9%
Japan1.2% → 1.3%
France0.7% → 0.8%
China0.9% → 1%
Belgium0.7% → 0.6%
Singapore0.9% → 0.9%
Canada89% → 80%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Canada alone sends 80%, and Mexico, Germany, South Korea and Japan add another 11%. Europe is the next-largest source region at 9%.

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Where it enters

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

83% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Port Huron and International Falls take 24% each. Portal follows at 17%.

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

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  1. APort Huron, MI $0.91B
  2. BInternational Falls, MN $0.88B
  3. CPortal, ND $0.63B
  4. DCharleston, SC $0.25B
  5. EBuffalo-Niagara Falls, NY $0.12B
  6. FSavannah, GA $0.12B
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.

12 states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01Illinois$0.44B
  2. 02Texas$0.41B
  3. 03South Carolina$0.36B
  4. 04Ohio$0.34B
  5. 05Georgia$0.33B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 3901. How we count.