Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$218 million$218M
vs 2010
1.2× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
99%
Busiest portTop port
Savannah, GA

Chemical woodpulp, dissolving grades: mostly from Brazil, 74% of $218 million.

South Africa is second at 15%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $218M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Brazil$160M73.5%
  2. 02South Africa$31.9M14.6%
  3. 03Norway$13.5M6.2%
  4. 04France$6.3M2.9%
  5. 05Czech Republic$3.9M1.8%
  6. 06Netherlands$905K0.4%
  7. 07Saudi Arabia$482K0.2%
  8. 08Austria$284K0.1%
  9. All othersEveryone else combined: $423K0.2%

Total US HS 4702 imports by year · $189M in 2010 to $218M 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.

Brazil48% → 74%
Norway1.1% → 6.2%
Czech Republic0% → 1.8%
Netherlands0% → 0.4%
Saudi Arabia0% → 0.2%
Austria0% → 0.1%
France4.1% → 2.9%
South Africa17% → 15%
Canada29% → 0%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Brazil alone sends 74%, and South Africa, Norway, France and the Czech Republic add another 26%. Africa is the next-largest source region at 15%.

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  1. 01Brazil
  2. 02South Africa
  3. 03Norway
  4. 04France
  5. 05Czech Republic
  6. 06Netherlands
  7. 07Saudi Arabia
  8. 08Austria

Where it lands

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

99% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East Coast ports. Savannah alone takes 42%. Charleston and Mobile follow at 29% and 12%.

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  1. ASavannah, GA $92.0M
  2. BCharleston, SC $63.7M
  3. CMobile, AL $26.2M
  4. DNorfolk, VA $19.0M
  5. EPhiladelphia, PA $7.3M
  6. FDetroit, MI $3.5M
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.

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

  1. 01Georgia$89.2M
  2. 02Tennessee$43.0M
  3. 03Alabama$26.2M
  4. 04South Carolina$18.1M
  5. 05Michigan$9.1M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 4702. How we count.