Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$427 million$427M
vs 2010
1.4× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
69%
Busiest portTop port
Newark, NJ

Plates, sheets, strip: Germany leads with 29% of $427 million.

India is second at 10%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $427M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Germany$126M29.4%
  2. 02India$42.4M9.9%
  3. 03China$34.8M8.1%
  4. 04Canada$34.1M8.0%
  5. 05Mexico$30.1M7.0%
  6. 06Italy$22.3M5.2%
  7. 07Japan$16.0M3.7%
  8. 08South Korea$13.6M3.2%
  9. 09Luxembourg$13.1M3.1%
  10. 10Malaysia$11.5M2.7%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $83.6M19.6%

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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.

Germany24% → 29%
Mexico3.7% → 7%
India8.4% → 9.9%
South Korea3.6% → 3.2%
Italy5.7% → 5.2%
Japan4.3% → 3.7%
Luxembourg4% → 3.1%
Malaysia4.5% → 2.7%
Canada14% → 8%
China14% → 8.1%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Europe is the largest source at 45%, then Asia at 35%. Germany and India send 39% between them, and China, Canada and Mexico add another 23%.

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

Where it lands

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

69% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Newark alone takes 16%. Los Angeles and Portland follow at 10% and 9%.

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  1. ANewark, NJ $67.0M
  2. BLos Angeles, CA $41.1M
  3. CPortland, ME $38.8M
  4. DLaredo, TX $30.1M
  5. EBoston, MA $28.8M
  6. FNorfolk, VA $26.7M
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. 01New Hampshire$89.5M
  2. 02Texas$43.2M
  3. 03California$40.7M
  4. 04Ohio$24.3M
  5. 05Illinois$24.0M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 4008. How we count.