Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1 billion$1B
vs 2010
2.1× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
21%
Busiest portTop port
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY

Paper and paperboard, uncoated, not elsewhere specified: mostly from Canada, 79% of $1 billion.

Germany is second at 3%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Canada$0.80B78.7%
  2. 02Germany$31.3M3.1%
  3. 03France$27.8M2.7%
  4. 04United Kingdom$22.9M2.2%
  5. 05Spain$18.7M1.8%
  6. 06Australia$17.8M1.7%
  7. 07Finland$16.5M1.6%
  8. 08Poland$15.8M1.5%
  9. 09Italy$13.5M1.3%
  10. 10Mexico$6.3M0.6%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $47.0M4.6%

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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.

Canada71% → 79%
Poland0.1% → 1.5%
Spain0.5% → 1.8%
Mexico0.4% → 0.6%
United Kingdom2.7% → 2.2%
Finland2.2% → 1.6%
France3.5% → 2.7%
Italy3.2% → 1.3%
Germany5.2% → 3.1%
Australia5% → 1.7%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Canada alone sends 79%, and Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Spain add another 10%. Europe is the next-largest source region at 16%.

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  1. 01Canada
  2. 02Germany
  3. 03France
  4. 04United Kingdom
  5. 05Spain
  6. 06Australia
  7. 07Finland
  8. 08Poland

Where it enters

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

79% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Buffalo-Niagara Falls alone takes 22%. Port Huron and Blaine follow at 14% and 8%.

Goods crossing by land are recorded at Census ports of entry, which can be inland.

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  1. ABuffalo-Niagara Falls, NY $0.22B
  2. BPort Huron, MI $0.14B
  3. CBlaine, WA $82.4M
  4. DChamplain-Rouses Point, NY $71.1M
  5. EDetroit, MI $67.2M
  6. FCalais, ME $61.3M
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.

Three states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01New York$0.14B
  2. 02Illinois$0.11B
  3. 03Pennsylvania$0.11B
  4. 04Massachusetts$97.2M
  5. 05New Jersey$88.6M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 4805. How we count.