Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$411 million$411M
vs 2010
1.4× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
24%
Busiest portTop port
Otay Mesa, CA

Labels of all kinds, of paper or paperboard: Canada leads with 40% of $411 million.

Mexico is second at 23%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $411M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Canada$163M39.7%
  2. 02Mexico$93.7M22.8%
  3. 03China$46.3M11.3%
  4. 04Taiwan$14.7M3.6%
  5. 05Vietnam$14.2M3.5%
  6. 06Germany$9.0M2.2%
  7. 07Italy$8.6M2.1%
  8. 08Spain$6.9M1.7%
  9. 09United Kingdom$5.3M1.3%
  10. 10Japan$3.3M0.8%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $45.6M11.1%

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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.

Canada30% → 40%
Taiwan1% → 3.6%
Vietnam1.4% → 3.5%
Spain0.9% → 1.7%
Italy1.5% → 2.1%
Japan0.9% → 0.8%
Germany2.6% → 2.2%
Mexico24% → 23%
United Kingdom3.9% → 1.3%
China23% → 11%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

North America is the largest source at 40%, then Latin America at 24%. Canada and Mexico send 63% between them, and China, Taiwan and Vietnam add another 18%.

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  1. 01Canada
  2. 02Mexico
  3. 03China
  4. 04Taiwan
  5. 05Vietnam
  6. 06Germany
  7. 07Italy
  8. 08Spain

Where it enters

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

62% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Otay Mesa and Detroit take 15% each. Port Huron follows at 11%.

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

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ABCDEF
  1. AOtay Mesa, CA $61.3M
  2. BDetroit, MI $59.7M
  3. CPort Huron, MI $45.8M
  4. DLos Angeles, CA $36.3M
  5. EBuffalo-Niagara Falls, NY $30.2M
  6. FNewark, NJ $18.8M
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.

12 states are listed for over $10M each.

  1. 01California$93.1M
  2. 02Ohio$40.4M
  3. 03Texas$23.1M
  4. 04Illinois$22.1M
  5. 05New York$22.1M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 4821. How we count.