Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$2.7 million$2.7M
vs 2010
1.0× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
76%
Busiest portTop port
Newark, NJ

Yarn of vegetable textile fibers not elsewhere specified: Romania leads with 47% of $2.7 million.

China is second at 20%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $2.7M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Romania$1.3M47.1%
  2. 02China$554K20.4%
  3. 03Mexico$400K14.7%
  4. 04Germany$209K7.7%
  5. 05Taiwan$132K4.8%
  6. 06Sri Lanka$45K1.6%
  7. 07Vietnam$25K0.9%
  8. 08Poland$18K0.7%
  9. 09Italy$11K0.4%
  10. 10India$4K0.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $39K1.4%

Total US HS 5308 imports by year · $2.6M in 2010 to $2.7M 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.

Romania20% → 47%
Mexico0% → 15%
Taiwan1.8% → 4.8%
China19% → 20%
Vietnam0% → 0.9%
Poland0% → 0.7%
Italy0.2% → 0.4%
Germany12% → 7.7%
India17% → 0.1%
Sri Lanka23% → 1.6%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Europe. Romania and Germany send 55% between them. China, Taiwan and Sri Lanka send 27% from Asia.

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  1. 01Romania
  2. 02China
  3. 03Mexico
  4. 04Germany
  5. 05Taiwan
  6. 06Sri Lanka
  7. 07Vietnam
  8. 08Poland

Where it lands

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

76% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Newark alone takes 31%. Los Angeles and Norfolk follow at 17% and 16%.

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  1. ANewark, NJ $839K
  2. BLos Angeles, CA $460K
  3. CNorfolk, VA $437K
  4. DLaredo, TX $399K
  5. EHouston, TX $176K
  6. FNew Orleans, LA $92K
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.

Eight states are listed for over $100K each.

  1. 01Michigan$782K
  2. 02California$388K
  3. 03Nevada$287K
  4. 04Florida$186K
  5. 05Oklahoma$176K
$100K+$40–100K$10–40K$1–10KUnder $1K

Counted under HS 5308. How we count.