Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$23.7 million$23.7M
vs 2010
3.5× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
47%
Busiest portTop port
Laredo, TX

Filter blocks, slabs and plates, of paper pulp: Germany leads with 41% of $23.7 million.

Mexico is a close second at 34%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $23.7M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Germany$9.6M40.6%
  2. 02Mexico$8.0M33.6%
  3. 03Denmark$3.2M13.3%
  4. 04Sweden$1.2M4.9%
  5. 05United Kingdom$590K2.5%
  6. 06China$530K2.2%
  7. 07Czech Republic$227K1.0%
  8. 08Canada$168K0.7%
  9. 09Italy$43K0.2%
  10. 10South Korea$34K0.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $183K0.8%

Total US HS 4812 imports by year · $6.7M in 2010 to $23.7M 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.

Mexico3.2% → 34%
Denmark<0.1% → 13%
Sweden0.1% → 4.9%
Canada0.1% → 0.7%
Italy<0.1% → 0.2%
South Korea<0.1% → 0.1%
China2.2% → 2.2%
Germany51% → 41%
United Kingdom19% → 2.5%
Czech Republic18% → 1%
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 Denmark send 54% between them, and Sweden and the United Kingdom add another 7%. Mexico sends 34% from Latin America.

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  1. 01Germany
  2. 02Mexico
  3. 03Denmark
  4. 04Sweden
  5. 05United Kingdom
  6. 06China
  7. 07Czech Republic
  8. 08Canada

Where it lands

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

It arrives several ways: 47% by ship, 36% by land and other routes and 17% by air. Laredo alone takes 34%. Baltimore and JFK Airport follow at 22% and 10%.

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  1. ALaredo, TX $7.9M
  2. BBaltimore, MD $5.1M
  3. CJFK Airport, NY $2.3M
  4. DSavannah, GA $2.3M
  5. ENewark, NJ $1.1M
  6. FOakland, CA $1.0M
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.

Six states are listed for over $1M each.

  1. 01Maryland$6.5M
  2. 02Georgia$3.5M
  3. 03Indiana$3.0M
  4. 04California$2.2M
  5. 05North Carolina$1.9M
$1M+$400K–1M$100–400K$10–100KUnder $10K

Counted under HS 4812. How we count.