Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$183 million$183M
vs 2010
1.6× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
36%
Busiest portTop port
Brownsville, TX

Envelopes, letter cards, postcards, etc. of paper or paperboard: Mexico leads with 35% of $183 million.

Canada is second at 23%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $183M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$64.8M35.4%
  2. 02Canada$42.6M23.3%
  3. 03China$20.0M10.9%
  4. 04India$15.6M8.5%
  5. 05Vietnam$10.5M5.7%
  6. 06United Arab Emirates$6.4M3.5%
  7. 07Germany$4.3M2.3%
  8. 08Taiwan$3.8M2.1%
  9. 09Malaysia$3.2M1.8%
  10. 10Indonesia$1.5M0.8%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $10.4M5.7%

Total US HS 4817 imports by year · $112M in 2010 to $183M 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.

India0.4% → 8.5%
Vietnam<0.1% → 5.7%
Canada20% → 23%
United Arab Emirates1.3% → 3.5%
Malaysia<0.1% → 1.8%
Taiwan0.3% → 2.1%
Germany2% → 2.3%
Indonesia4.4% → 0.8%
Mexico42% → 35%
China26% → 11%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Latin America is the largest source at 36%, then Asia at 31%. Mexico and Canada send 59% between them, and China, India and Vietnam add another 25%.

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  1. 01Mexico
  2. 02Canada
  3. 03China
  4. 04India
  5. 05Vietnam
  6. 06United Arab Emirates
  7. 07Germany
  8. 08Taiwan

Where it enters

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

61% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Brownsville alone takes 23%. Laredo and Buffalo-Niagara Falls follow at 12% and 11%.

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

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ABCDEF
  1. ABrownsville, TX $42.2M
  2. BLaredo, TX $21.5M
  3. CBuffalo-Niagara Falls, NY $21.1M
  4. DLos Angeles, CA $17.7M
  5. ENewark, NJ $11.9M
  6. FSavannah, GA $8.1M
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.

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

  1. 01Texas$55.3M
  2. 02New York$20.7M
  3. 03California$13.9M
  4. 04Ohio$11.3M
  5. 05New Jersey$10.8M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 4817. How we count.