Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.1 billion$1.1B
vs 2010
2.4× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
68%
Busiest portTop port
Houston, TX

Amino-resins, phenolic resins and polyurethanes: Germany leads with 28% of $1.1 billion.

Canada is a close second at 26%.

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. 01Germany$0.30B27.6%
  2. 02Canada$0.28B25.5%
  3. 03China$66.8M6.1%
  4. 04South Korea$66.5M6.1%
  5. 05Belgium$59.7M5.4%
  6. 06Hungary$46.1M4.2%
  7. 07Spain$40.9M3.7%
  8. 08Japan$29.6M2.7%
  9. 09Mexico$27.1M2.5%
  10. 10Netherlands$25.0M2.3%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.15B13.9%

Total US HS 3909 imports by year · $456M 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.

Germany16% → 28%
Canada20% → 26%
Hungary<0.1% → 4.2%
South Korea3.7% → 6.1%
Spain3.1% → 3.7%
Belgium5% → 5.4%
Netherlands3.1% → 2.3%
Mexico4.4% → 2.5%
Japan5.3% → 2.7%
China28% → 6.1%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Europe. Germany and Belgium send 33% between them, and Hungary, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands add another 13%. Canada adds 26%.

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  1. 01Germany
  2. 02Canada
  3. 03China
  4. 04South Korea
  5. 05Belgium
  6. 06Hungary
  7. 07Spain
  8. 08Japan

Where it lands

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

68% arrives by ship, mostly in containers, mostly through East and Gulf Coast ports. Houston takes 16%. Newark and Port Huron follow at 13% and 8%.

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  1. AHouston, TX $0.18B
  2. BNewark, NJ $0.15B
  3. CPort Huron, MI $90.3M
  4. DBuffalo-Niagara Falls, NY $87.5M
  5. ENew Orleans, LA $85.4M
  6. FChester, PA $54.5M
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.

Two states are listed for over $100M each, and they mirror the top ports.

  1. 01Texas$0.29B
  2. 02Louisiana$0.13B
  3. 03Pennsylvania$76.1M
  4. 04Ohio$72.4M
  5. 05New Jersey$64.9M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 3909. How we count.