Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$16.9 million$16.9M
vs 2010
0.9× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
91%
Busiest portTop port
Newark, NJ

Cotton waste: Turkey leads with 41% of $16.9 million.

Pakistan is a close second at 36%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $16.9M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Turkey$7.0M41.2%
  2. 02Pakistan$6.0M35.8%
  3. 03Mexico$1.4M8.4%
  4. 04India$1.3M7.4%
  5. 05Guatemala$468K2.8%
  6. 06Honduras$378K2.2%
  7. 07Bangladesh$143K0.8%
  8. 08Tunisia$86K0.5%
  9. 09Canada$77K0.5%
  10. 10Egypt$34K0.2%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $30K0.2%

Total US HS 5202 imports by year · $18.8M in 2010 to $16.9M 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.

Pakistan5.8% → 36%
Guatemala<0.1% → 2.8%
Honduras0.2% → 2.2%
Bangladesh0% → 0.8%
Tunisia<0.1% → 0.5%
Egypt0% → 0.2%
Canada0.3% → 0.5%
India11% → 7.4%
Turkey51% → 41%
Mexico22% → 8.4%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Asia is the largest source at 44%, then the Middle East at 41%. Turkey and Pakistan send 77% between them, and Mexico, India and Guatemala add another 19%.

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  1. 01Turkey
  2. 02Pakistan
  3. 03Mexico
  4. 04India
  5. 05Guatemala
  6. 06Honduras
  7. 07Bangladesh
  8. 08Tunisia

Where it lands

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

91% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East Coast ports. Most of it enters at Newark (63%). Norfolk and Laredo follow at 15% and 8%.

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  1. ANewark, NJ $10.7M
  2. BNorfolk, VA $2.6M
  3. CLaredo, TX $1.4M
  4. DCharleston, SC $686K
  5. ENew Orleans, LA $421K
  6. FSavannah, GA $402K
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.

Four states are listed for over $1M each.

  1. 01Massachusetts$5.9M
  2. 02North Carolina$5.7M
  3. 03New Jersey$1.5M
  4. 04Michigan$1.1M
  5. 05Ohio$837K
$1M+$400K–1M$100–400K$10–100KUnder $10K

Counted under HS 5202. How we count.