Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$437 million$437M
vs 2010
1.9× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
72%
Busiest portTop port
Laredo, TX

Retreaded or used pneumatic tires of rubber: Sri Lanka leads with 31% of $437 million.

Mexico is second at 22%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $437M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Sri Lanka$136M31.1%
  2. 02Mexico$96.8M22.1%
  3. 03Brazil$57.6M13.2%
  4. 04Vietnam$31.5M7.2%
  5. 05China$19.8M4.5%
  6. 06Japan$14.8M3.4%
  7. 07Taiwan$14.8M3.4%
  8. 08South Korea$12.6M2.9%
  9. 09India$10.2M2.3%
  10. 10Thailand$9.6M2.2%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $33.8M7.7%

Total US HS 4012 imports by year · $229M in 2010 to $437M 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.

Brazil4% → 13%
Mexico13% → 22%
Vietnam<0.1% → 7.2%
India1.2% → 2.3%
Thailand2.1% → 2.2%
Taiwan4.3% → 3.4%
South Korea4.7% → 2.9%
Sri Lanka33% → 31%
Japan5.6% → 3.4%
China21% → 4.5%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Asia. Sri Lanka and Vietnam send 38% between them, and China, Japan, Taiwan and South Korea add another 14%. Mexico and Brazil send 35% from Latin America.

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Where it lands

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

72% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Laredo takes 21%. Newark and Los Angeles follow at 17% and 11%.

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  1. ALaredo, TX $93.4M
  2. BNewark, NJ $76.3M
  3. CLos Angeles, CA $46.0M
  4. DCharleston, SC $38.8M
  5. ESavannah, GA $37.4M
  6. FNorfolk, VA $31.9M
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.

Ten states are listed for over $10M each, and they mirror the top ports.

  1. 01Texas$62.8M
  2. 02South Carolina$54.0M
  3. 03Georgia$52.2M
  4. 04California$47.4M
  5. 05Ohio$46.1M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 4012. How we count.