Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$358 million$358M
vs 2010
0.8× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
56%
Busiest portTop port
Houston, TX

Leather further preped after tanning/crusting: Italy leads with 42% of $358 million.

Brazil is second at 23%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $358M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Italy$150M41.9%
  2. 02Brazil$84.1M23.5%
  3. 03Mexico$52.7M14.7%
  4. 04Germany$19.5M5.4%
  5. 05Argentina$7.1M2.0%
  6. 06United Kingdom$6.4M1.8%
  7. 07Austria$4.2M1.2%
  8. 08Sweden$4.0M1.1%
  9. 09India$3.8M1.0%
  10. 10Thailand$2.4M0.7%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $24.2M6.7%

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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.

Italy27% → 42%
Brazil20% → 23%
Germany3.4% → 5.4%
Sweden1.1% → 1.1%
Austria1.5% → 1.2%
Thailand1.1% → 0.7%
United Kingdom2.3% → 1.8%
India2.1% → 1%
Mexico17% → 15%
Argentina5.7% → 2%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Europe. Italy and Germany send 47% between them, and the United Kingdom, Austria, Sweden and the Netherlands add another 5%. Brazil, Mexico and Argentina send 40% from Latin America.

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Where it lands

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

56% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and Gulf Coast ports. Houston takes 18%. Newark and Laredo follow at 14% and 13%.

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  1. AHouston, TX $64.4M
  2. BNewark, NJ $48.5M
  3. CLaredo, TX $45.2M
  4. DNorfolk, VA $44.4M
  5. ESavannah, GA $17.1M
  6. FBuffalo-Niagara Falls, NY $15.2M
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.

Five states are listed for over $10M each.

  1. 01Texas$91.4M
  2. 02New York$81.8M
  3. 03North Carolina$72.6M
  4. 04California$27.4M
  5. 05Virginia$24.5M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 4107. How we count.