Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$5.5 million$5.5M
vs 2010
2.2× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
93%
Busiest portTop port
Charleston, SC

Artificial filament tow: mostly from Germany, 80% of $5.5 million.

Chile is second at 9%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $5.5M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Germany$4.4M79.9%
  2. 02Chile$511K9.3%
  3. 03Switzerland$259K4.7%
  4. 04Mexico$191K3.5%
  5. 05Dominican Republic$77K1.4%
  6. 06Malaysia$53K1.0%
  7. 07Belgium$15K0.3%
  8. 08Singapore$1K<0.1%
  9. 09South Korea$290<0.1%
  10. 10Turkey$282<0.1%

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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.

Germany22% → 80%
Chile0% → 9.3%
Switzerland0% → 4.7%
Mexico0.2% → 3.5%
Malaysia0% → 1%
Belgium0.2% → 0.3%
Singapore0% → <0.1%
Turkey0% → <0.1%
South Korea<0.1% → <0.1%
Dominican Republic3.5% → 1.4%
United Kingdom24% → 0%
Japan50% → 0%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Germany alone sends 80%, and Chile, Switzerland, Mexico and the Dominican Republic add another 19%. Latin America is the next-largest source region at 14%.

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  1. 01Germany
  2. 02Chile
  3. 03Switzerland
  4. 04Mexico
  5. 05Dominican Republic
  6. 06Malaysia
  7. 07Belgium
  8. 08Singapore

Where it lands

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

93% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East Coast ports. Charleston alone takes 43%. Wilmington and Norfolk follow at 30% and 13%.

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  1. ACharleston, SC $2.3M
  2. BWilmington, NC $1.6M
  3. CNorfolk, VA $722K
  4. DLaredo, TX $192K
  5. ENewark, NJ $167K
  6. FMiami Airport, FL $167K
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 $1M.

  1. 01North Carolina$4.5M
  2. 02South Carolina$635K
  3. 03Rhode Island$121K
  4. 04Illinois$108K
  5. 05Florida$53K
$1M+$400K–1M$100–400K$10–100KUnder $10K

Counted under HS 5502. How we count.