Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$3.3 billion$3.3B
vs 2010
1.0× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
56%
Busiest portTop port
International Falls, MN

Chemical woodpulp, soda or sulfate, other than dissolving grades: Canada leads with 44% of $3.3 billion.

Brazil is a close second at 38%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $3.3B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Canada$1.42B43.6%
  2. 02Brazil$1.25B38.3%
  3. 03Sweden$0.22B6.7%
  4. 04Uruguay$0.20B6.3%
  5. 05Finland$0.15B4.5%
  6. 06Chile$15.0M0.5%
  7. 07Philippines$5.4M0.2%
  8. 08Mexico$460K<0.1%
  9. 09United Kingdom$229K<0.1%
  10. 10Switzerland$35K<0.1%

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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.

Uruguay0% → 6.3%
Sweden0.9% → 6.7%
Finland<0.1% → 4.5%
Brazil34% → 38%
Mexico<0.1% → <0.1%
United Kingdom0% → <0.1%
Switzerland0% → <0.1%
Philippines0.4% → 0.2%
Chile1.5% → 0.5%
Canada63% → 44%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Latin America is the largest source at 45%, then North America at 44%. Canada and Brazil send 82% between them, and Sweden, Uruguay and Finland add another 17%.

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  1. 01Canada
  2. 02Brazil
  3. 03Sweden
  4. 04Uruguay
  5. 05Finland
  6. 06Chile
  7. 07Philippines
  8. 08Mexico

Where it lands

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

56% arrives by ship, mostly through East and Gulf Coast ports. International Falls alone takes 15%. Mobile and Baltimore follow at 9% and 7%.

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  1. AInternational Falls, MN $0.50B
  2. BMobile, AL $0.29B
  3. CBaltimore, MD $0.22B
  4. DPhiladelphia, PA $0.22B
  5. EBeaumont, TX $0.21B
  6. FJacksonville, FL $0.20B
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 $1B.

  1. 01Florida$1.15B
  2. 02Wisconsin$0.33B
  3. 03Georgia$0.20B
  4. 04Pennsylvania$0.19B
  5. 05Texas$0.15B
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 4703. How we count.