Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$670 million$670M
vs 2010
1.0× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
95%
Busiest portTop port
Charleston, SC

Synthetic staple fibers, not carded: South Korea leads with 23% of $670 million.

Thailand is second at 14%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $670M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01South Korea$154M22.9%
  2. 02Thailand$96.5M14.4%
  3. 03Vietnam$90.9M13.6%
  4. 04Turkey$41.5M6.2%
  5. 05India$40.1M6.0%
  6. 06Taiwan$39.6M5.9%
  7. 07Germany$32.3M4.8%
  8. 08Japan$31.0M4.6%
  9. 09Netherlands$18.9M2.8%
  10. 10Spain$14.2M2.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $111M16.6%

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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.

Thailand2.9% → 14%
Vietnam2.4% → 14%
South Korea20% → 23%
Turkey4.1% → 6.2%
Spain1.1% → 2.1%
Netherlands2.2% → 2.8%
Taiwan6.2% → 5.9%
Japan5% → 4.6%
India8.1% → 6%
Germany11% → 4.8%
China24% → 2%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Asia. South Korea and Thailand send 37% between them, and Vietnam, India, Taiwan and Japan add another 30%. Germany, the Netherlands and France ship from Europe.

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  1. 01South Korea
  2. 02Thailand
  3. 03Vietnam
  4. 04Turkey
  5. 05India
  6. 06Taiwan
  7. 07Germany
  8. 08Japan

Where it lands

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

95% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East Coast ports. Charleston alone takes 35%. Savannah and Norfolk follow at 18% and 15%.

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  1. ACharleston, SC $233M
  2. BSavannah, GA $122M
  3. CNorfolk, VA $104M
  4. DNewark, NJ $43.8M
  5. ELos Angeles, CA $39.2M
  6. FWilmington, NC $25.2M
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 $100M.

  1. 01North Carolina$245M
  2. 02South Carolina$93.7M
  3. 03Georgia$84.1M
  4. 04California$64.9M
  5. 05New York$43.1M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 5503. How we count.