Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$42.8 million$42.8M
vs 2010
0.6× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
98%
Busiest portTop port
Savannah, GA

Synthetic filament tow: mostly from Japan, 62% of $42.8 million.

Hungary is second at 30%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $42.8M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Japan$26.4M61.8%
  2. 02Hungary$12.7M29.8%
  3. 03China$2.2M5.1%
  4. 04Thailand$303K0.7%
  5. 05Netherlands$291K0.7%
  6. 06South Korea$198K0.5%
  7. 07Portugal$130K0.3%
  8. 08Italy$112K0.3%
  9. 09France$87K0.2%
  10. 10Mexico$80K0.2%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $250K0.6%

Total US HS 5501 imports by year · $66.7M in 2010 to $42.8M 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.

Hungary6.9% → 30%
Japan60% → 62%
China4% → 5.1%
Netherlands<0.1% → 0.7%
Thailand<0.1% → 0.7%
South Korea<0.1% → 0.5%
Italy0.2% → 0.3%
Mexico0.5% → 0.2%
France2.6% → 0.2%
Portugal17% → 0.3%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Japan alone sends 62%, and Hungary and China add another 35%. Europe is the next-largest source region at 31%.

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  1. 01Japan
  2. 02Hungary
  3. 03China
  4. 04Thailand
  5. 05Netherlands
  6. 06South Korea
  7. 07Portugal
  8. 08Italy

Where it lands

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

98% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West and East Coast ports. Savannah takes 23%. Oakland and Los Angeles follow at 22% and 13%.

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ABCDEF
  1. ASavannah, GA $10.0M
  2. BOakland, CA $9.6M
  3. CLos Angeles, CA $5.4M
  4. DCharleston, SC $4.5M
  5. ETacoma, WA $3.8M
  6. FNorfolk, VA $2.9M
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. 01California$13.0M
  2. 02Colorado$9.1M
  3. 03Washington$7.1M
  4. 04South Carolina$4.1M
  5. 05Florida$3.0M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 5501. How we count.