Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$10.2 million$10.2M
vs 2010
2.3× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
9%
Busiest portTop port
Ysleta, TX

Silk yarn not put up for retail sale: mostly from China, 63% of $10.2 million.

Italy is second at 19%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $10.2M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01China$6.4M62.7%
  2. 02Italy$2.0M19.4%
  3. 03Switzerland$825K8.1%
  4. 04Mexico$479K4.7%
  5. 05Japan$195K1.9%
  6. 06France$134K1.3%
  7. 07United Kingdom$120K1.2%
  8. 08Nicaragua$36K0.4%
  9. 09Peru$11K0.1%
  10. 10India$7K<0.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $16K0.2%

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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.

Italy1.4% → 19%
China51% → 63%
Mexico<0.1% → 4.7%
Switzerland8% → 8.1%
Peru0.1% → 0.1%
Japan2.1% → 1.9%
India0.5% → <0.1%
France2.3% → 1.3%
Nicaragua2.6% → 0.4%
United Kingdom31% → 1.2%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

China alone sends 63%, and Italy, Switzerland, Mexico and Japan add another 34%. Europe is the next-largest source region at 30%.

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  1. 01China
  2. 02Italy
  3. 03Switzerland
  4. 04Mexico
  5. 05Japan
  6. 06France
  7. 07United Kingdom
  8. 08Nicaragua

Where it lands

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

62% arrives by air. Ysleta takes 27%. San Francisco Airport (SFO) and JFK Airport follow at 23% and 17%.

Air cargo is recorded where it clears customs, which isn't always where the plane landed.

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  1. AYsleta, TX $2.8M
  2. BSan Francisco Airport (SFO), CA $2.3M
  3. CJFK Airport, NY $1.7M
  4. DNewark, NJ $1.1M
  5. ELos Angeles Airport (LAX), CA $898K
  6. FDetroit Airport (DTW), MI $505K
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.

Two states are listed for over $1M each.

  1. 01New Jersey$2.9M
  2. 02New York$1.1M
  3. 03California$884K
  4. 04New Hampshire$884K
  5. 05Illinois$127K
$1M+$400K–1M$100–400K$10–100KUnder $10K

Counted under HS 5004. How we count.