Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.1 billion$1.1B
vs 2010
1.4× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
67%
Busiest portTop port
Newark, NJ

Polymers of vinyl chloride or of other halogenated olefins: Japan leads with 20% of $1.1 billion.

Canada is a close second at 17%.

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. 01Japan$0.22B20.2%
  2. 02Canada$0.18B16.9%
  3. 03Germany$0.14B12.6%
  4. 04Italy$0.10B9.3%
  5. 05France$96.4M8.9%
  6. 06China$74.8M6.9%
  7. 07India$70.7M6.5%
  8. 08Mexico$54.4M5.0%
  9. 09Netherlands$37.1M3.4%
  10. 10Colombia$25.4M2.4%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $83.9M7.8%

Total US HS 3904 imports by year · $783M 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.

India1.7% → 6.5%
France4.5% → 8.9%
Mexico3.8% → 5%
Germany12% → 13%
Japan20% → 20%
Colombia2.4% → 2.4%
China7.1% → 6.9%
Netherlands6.7% → 3.4%
Italy13% → 9.3%
Canada21% → 17%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Europe is the largest source at 38%, then Asia at 36%. Japan and Canada send 37% between them, and Germany, Italy and France add another 31%.

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  1. 01Japan
  2. 02Canada
  3. 03Germany
  4. 04Italy
  5. 05France
  6. 06China
  7. 07India
  8. 08Mexico

Where it lands

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

67% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Newark alone takes 25%. Buffalo-Niagara Falls and Los Angeles follow at 13% and 8%.

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  1. ANewark, NJ $0.27B
  2. BBuffalo-Niagara Falls, NY $0.14B
  3. CLos Angeles, CA $83.5M
  4. DJFK Airport, NY $82.2M
  5. EHouston, TX $57.3M
  6. FNorfolk, VA $56.5M
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.

Four states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01Texas$0.14B
  2. 02Pennsylvania$0.12B
  3. 03New Jersey$0.12B
  4. 04North Carolina$0.11B
  5. 05New York$97.4M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 3904. How we count.