Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$423 million$423M
vs 2010
2.0× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
73%
Busiest portTop port
Newark, NJ

Polymers of vinyl acetate or of other vinyl esters: Germany leads with 23% of $423 million.

Taiwan is a close second at 22%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $423M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Germany$95.7M22.6%
  2. 02Taiwan$93.9M22.2%
  3. 03Canada$70.0M16.5%
  4. 04Japan$51.4M12.2%
  5. 05Singapore$21.7M5.1%
  6. 06China$19.6M4.6%
  7. 07Netherlands$19.3M4.6%
  8. 08United Kingdom$10.1M2.4%
  9. 09India$8.9M2.1%
  10. 10Switzerland$5.1M1.2%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $27.1M6.4%

Total US HS 3905 imports by year · $215M in 2010 to $423M 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.

Canada12% → 17%
Taiwan18% → 22%
Singapore2.7% → 5.1%
Netherlands4.3% → 4.6%
United Kingdom2.6% → 2.4%
China5.2% → 4.6%
Japan13% → 12%
Switzerland1.9% → 1.2%
India3% → 2.1%
Germany31% → 23%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Asia is the largest source at 47%, then Europe at 34%. Germany and Taiwan send 45% between them, and Canada, Japan and Singapore add another 34%.

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Where it lands

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

73% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Newark takes 16%. Los Angeles and Norfolk follow at 15% and 9%.

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  1. ANewark, NJ $68.8M
  2. BLos Angeles, CA $65.5M
  3. CNorfolk, VA $36.5M
  4. DHouston, TX $33.8M
  5. EPort Huron, MI $31.3M
  6. FSavannah, GA $29.9M
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 $10M each.

  1. 01Texas$58.5M
  2. 02New Jersey$48.1M
  3. 03Illinois$43.9M
  4. 04Indiana$31.7M
  5. 05New York$31.0M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 3905. How we count.