Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$40.5 million$40.5M
vs 2010
2.0× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
79%
Busiest portTop port
Newark, NJ

Carbon paper: Germany leads with 32% of $40.5 million.

Netherlands is second at 15%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $40.5M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Germany$12.9M31.9%
  2. 02Netherlands$6.1M15.1%
  3. 03Italy$5.6M13.8%
  4. 04South Korea$5.6M13.7%
  5. 05Spain$3.1M7.7%
  6. 06Thailand$2.1M5.1%
  7. 07Japan$1.7M4.1%
  8. 08Indonesia$1.1M2.6%
  9. 09Malaysia$937K2.3%
  10. 10China$619K1.5%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $816K2.0%

Total US HS 4809 imports by year · $20.5M in 2010 to $40.5M 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.

Netherlands<0.1% → 15%
Italy0.2% → 14%
Thailand1.5% → 5.1%
Malaysia<0.1% → 2.3%
Japan2.3% → 4.1%
Indonesia2% → 2.6%
Germany31% → 32%
China4.4% → 1.5%
South Korea20% → 14%
Spain17% → 7.7%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Europe. Germany and the Netherlands send 47% between them, and Italy and Spain add another 22%. South Korea, Thailand and Japan send 23% from Asia.

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  1. 01Germany
  2. 02Netherlands
  3. 03Italy
  4. 04South Korea
  5. 05Spain
  6. 06Thailand
  7. 07Japan
  8. 08Indonesia

Where it lands

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

79% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Newark alone takes 27%. Los Angeles and Houston follow at 14% and 13%.

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ABCDEF
  1. ANewark, NJ $11.1M
  2. BLos Angeles, CA $5.6M
  3. CHouston, TX $5.4M
  4. DPort Huron, MI $2.6M
  5. ENorfolk, VA $2.5M
  6. FWilmington, NC $2.5M
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.

Nine states are listed for over $1M each.

  1. 01Texas$6.8M
  2. 02New Jersey$6.3M
  3. 03California$6.1M
  4. 04New York$5.9M
  5. 05Georgia$2.5M
$1M+$400K–1M$100–400K$10–100KUnder $10K

Counted under HS 4809. How we count.