Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$23.6 million$23.6M
vs 2010
0.9× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
15%
Busiest portTop port
Houston Airport (IAH), TX

Leather further preped after tanning/crusting: South Africa leads with 35% of $23.6 million.

Colombia is second at 15%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $23.6M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01South Africa$8.3M35.2%
  2. 02Colombia$3.6M15.4%
  3. 03Pakistan$2.1M9.1%
  4. 04Italy$1.2M5.3%
  5. 05Mexico$1.2M5.2%
  6. 06Zimbabwe$1.1M4.6%
  7. 07Brazil$976K4.1%
  8. 08India$789K3.3%
  9. 09United Kingdom$779K3.3%
  10. 10Taiwan$596K2.5%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $2.8M12.0%

Total US HS 4113 imports by year · $26.9M in 2010 to $23.6M 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.

South Africa23% → 35%
Pakistan4.6% → 9.1%
United Kingdom1.9% → 3.3%
Zimbabwe3.5% → 4.6%
Italy4.4% → 5.3%
Colombia15% → 15%
India3.7% → 3.3%
Brazil4.9% → 4.1%
Mexico8.1% → 5.2%
Taiwan7% → 2.5%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Africa is the largest source at 40%, then Latin America at 26%. South Africa and Colombia send 51% between them, and Pakistan, Italy and Mexico add another 20%.

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  1. 01South Africa
  2. 02Colombia
  3. 03Pakistan
  4. 04Italy
  5. 05Mexico
  6. 06Zimbabwe
  7. 07Brazil
  8. 08India

Where it lands

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

80% arrives by air. Houston Airport (IAH) alone takes 29%. Dallas-Fort Worth and Newark follow at 19% and 13%.

Air cargo is recorded where it clears customs, which isn't always where the plane landed.

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  1. AHouston Airport (IAH), TX $6.8M
  2. BDallas-Fort Worth, TX $4.4M
  3. CNewark, NJ $3.1M
  4. DMiami Airport, FL $2.1M
  5. EWashington Dulles, DC $1.1M
  6. FLaredo, TX $894K
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.

One state is listed for over $10M.

  1. 01Texas$16.8M
  2. 02New York$2.8M
  3. 03California$855K
  4. 04Massachusetts$832K
  5. 05Louisiana$395K
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 4113. How we count.