Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$3.3 billion$3.3B
vs 2010
1.8× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
52%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

Cartons, bags and other packing containers of paper, paperboard: Canada leads with 29% of $3.3 billion.

Mexico is second at 15%.

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$0.96B29.0%
  2. 02Mexico$0.49B14.9%
  3. 03China$0.48B14.6%
  4. 04Vietnam$0.28B8.6%
  5. 05India$0.16B4.7%
  6. 06Indonesia$0.10B3.1%
  7. 07Turkey$98.3M3.0%
  8. 08Cambodia$72.3M2.2%
  9. 09Taiwan$69.8M2.1%
  10. 10Germany$54.0M1.6%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.53B16.1%

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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.

Vietnam0.9% → 8.6%
Mexico9.1% → 15%
India0.4% → 4.7%
Turkey0.1% → 3%
Cambodia<0.1% → 2.2%
Indonesia2% → 3.1%
Taiwan1% → 2.1%
Germany1.8% → 1.6%
Canada32% → 29%
China44% → 15%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Asia is the largest source at 40%, then North America at 29%. Canada and Mexico send 44% between them, and China, Vietnam and India add another 28%.

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  1. 01Canada
  2. 02Mexico
  3. 03China
  4. 04Vietnam
  5. 05India
  6. 06Indonesia
  7. 07Turkey
  8. 08Cambodia

Where it lands

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

52% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Los Angeles and Newark take 13% each. Port Huron follows at 6%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $0.44B
  2. BNewark, NJ $0.42B
  3. CPort Huron, MI $0.21B
  4. DLaredo, TX $0.18B
  5. EBuffalo-Niagara Falls, NY $0.15B
  6. FAlexandria Bay, NY $0.15B
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 $100M each, and they mirror the top ports.

  1. 01California$0.46B
  2. 02New York$0.44B
  3. 03Texas$0.29B
  4. 04New Jersey$0.27B
  5. 05Illinois$0.14B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 4819. How we count.