Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$10.7 million$10.7M
vs 2010
0.9× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
51%
Busiest portTop port
Savannah, GA

Cotton sewing thread, whether or not put up for retail sale: Italy leads with 30% of $10.7 million.

India is a close second at 29%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $10.7M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Italy$3.2M30.4%
  2. 02India$3.0M28.5%
  3. 03Romania$1.0M9.4%
  4. 04Japan$741K6.9%
  5. 05China$543K5.1%
  6. 06Netherlands$516K4.8%
  7. 07Greece$301K2.8%
  8. 08Czech Republic$271K2.5%
  9. 09Egypt$269K2.5%
  10. 10Mexico$159K1.5%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $587K5.5%

Total US HS 5204 imports by year · $12.4M in 2010 to $10.7M 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.

India18% → 29%
Romania0% → 9.4%
Italy23% → 30%
Netherlands0.1% → 4.8%
Japan8.4% → 6.9%
Egypt5.3% → 2.5%
Mexico7.3% → 1.5%
Czech Republic8.7% → 2.5%
China12% → 5.1%
Greece12% → 2.8%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Europe. Italy and Romania send 40% between them, and the Netherlands, Greece and the Czech Republic add another 10%. India, Japan and China send 41% from Asia.

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  1. 01Italy
  2. 02India
  3. 03Romania
  4. 04Japan
  5. 05China
  6. 06Netherlands
  7. 07Greece
  8. 08Czech Republic

Where it lands

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

51% arrives by ship, mostly in containers, mostly through East and Gulf Coast ports. Savannah takes 17%. Chicago and Houston follow at 16% and 11%.

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  1. ASavannah, GA $1.8M
  2. BChicago, IL $1.7M
  3. CHouston, TX $1.2M
  4. DLaredo, TX $1.2M
  5. ENewark, NJ $953K
  6. FNew Orleans, LA $908K
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. 01Illinois$3.3M
  2. 02North Carolina$1.5M
  3. 03Georgia$1.4M
  4. 04Ohio$1.3M
  5. 05Oklahoma$826K
$1M+$400K–1M$100–400K$10–100KUnder $10K

Counted under HS 5204. How we count.