Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$48.9 million$48.9M
vs 2010
2.1× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
98%
Busiest portTop port
Newark, NJ

Artificial filament yarn, not put up for retail sale: mostly from Germany, 83% of $48.9 million.

Japan is second at 6%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $48.9M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Germany$40.3M82.5%
  2. 02Japan$3.1M6.4%
  3. 03Italy$2.6M5.3%
  4. 04India$1.2M2.5%
  5. 05Czech Republic$616K1.3%
  6. 06China$482K1.0%
  7. 07South Korea$145K0.3%
  8. 08Indonesia$83K0.2%
  9. 09Spain$59K0.1%
  10. 10Turkey$52K0.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $177K0.4%

Total US HS 5403 imports by year · $23.8M in 2010 to $48.9M 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.

Germany49% → 83%
Indonesia0.2% → 0.2%
Spain0.2% → 0.1%
Czech Republic1.5% → 1.3%
Turkey0.4% → 0.1%
South Korea0.8% → 0.3%
Italy11% → 5.3%
Japan14% → 6.4%
China8.6% → 1%
India13% → 2.5%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Germany alone sends 83%, and Japan, Italy, India and the Czech Republic add another 15%. Asia is the next-largest source region at 10%.

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  1. 01Germany
  2. 02Japan
  3. 03Italy
  4. 04India
  5. 05Czech Republic
  6. 06China
  7. 07South Korea
  8. 08Indonesia

Where it lands

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

98% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East Coast ports. Most of it enters at Newark (70%). Charleston and Savannah follow at 7% each.

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  1. ANewark, NJ $34.2M
  2. BCharleston, SC $3.6M
  3. CSavannah, GA $3.4M
  4. DOakland, CA $2.9M
  5. ENorfolk, VA $2.0M
  6. FBoston, MA $890K
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.

One state is listed for over $10M.

  1. 01New Jersey$34.2M
  2. 02Georgia$4.6M
  3. 03Michigan$2.8M
  4. 04New Hampshire$1.6M
  5. 05Ohio$1.5M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 5403. How we count.