Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$2.3 billion$2.3B
vs 2010
2.6× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
47%
Busiest portTop port
Laredo, TX

Tubes, pipes and hoses, of unhardened vulcanized rubber: Mexico leads with 37% of $2.3 billion.

China is second at 9%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $2.3B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$0.87B37.5%
  2. 02China$0.21B8.9%
  3. 03Japan$0.14B6.2%
  4. 04Turkey$0.12B5.2%
  5. 05Thailand$0.11B4.9%
  6. 06Taiwan$0.11B4.9%
  7. 07Canada$0.11B4.8%
  8. 08India$0.10B4.4%
  9. 09Italy$97.5M4.2%
  10. 10South Korea$84.1M3.6%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.35B15.3%

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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.

Mexico31% → 37%
Taiwan0.8% → 4.9%
India1.7% → 4.4%
Thailand3.9% → 4.9%
Italy3.4% → 4.2%
Turkey4.5% → 5.2%
South Korea3.7% → 3.6%
Canada5.3% → 4.8%
Japan9.2% → 6.2%
China15% → 8.9%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Latin America is the largest source at 38%, then Asia at 37%. Mexico and China send 46% between them, and Japan, Turkey and Thailand add another 16%.

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  1. 01Mexico
  2. 02China
  3. 03Japan
  4. 04Turkey
  5. 05Thailand
  6. 06Taiwan
  7. 07Canada
  8. 08India

Where it lands

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

It arrives several ways: 47% by ship, 45% by land and other routes and 9% by air. Laredo alone takes 21%. Los Angeles and Ysleta follow at 8% and 6%.

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  1. ALaredo, TX $0.48B
  2. BLos Angeles, CA $0.18B
  3. CYsleta, TX $0.15B
  4. DHouston, TX $0.15B
  5. ENewark, NJ $0.15B
  6. FSavannah, GA $0.14B
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.

Seven states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01Texas$0.32B
  2. 02Michigan$0.32B
  3. 03Kentucky$0.17B
  4. 04Ohio$0.17B
  5. 05Tennessee$0.14B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 4009. How we count.