Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$217 million$217M
vs 2010
1.0× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
99%
Busiest portTop port
Charleston, SC

Artificial staple fibers, not carded: Germany leads with 27% of $217 million.

Indonesia is second at 19%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $217M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Germany$58.4M27.0%
  2. 02Indonesia$40.4M18.6%
  3. 03Austria$38.1M17.6%
  4. 04India$25.5M11.8%
  5. 05Thailand$23.4M10.8%
  6. 06China$17.4M8.0%
  7. 07Japan$5.7M2.6%
  8. 08United Kingdom$5.6M2.6%
  9. 09Taiwan$1.4M0.7%
  10. 10Spain$53K<0.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $623K0.3%

Total US HS 5504 imports by year · $217M in 2010 to $217M 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.

Indonesia2.8% → 19%
Thailand1.9% → 11%
India4.7% → 12%
Germany22% → 27%
United Kingdom1.7% → 2.6%
Spain<0.1% → <0.1%
Japan3.3% → 2.6%
Austria19% → 18%
Taiwan3.1% → 0.7%
China41% → 8%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Asia. Indonesia and India send 30% between them, and Thailand, China and Japan add another 21%. Germany, Austria and the United Kingdom send 47% from Europe.

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  1. 01Germany
  2. 02Indonesia
  3. 03Austria
  4. 04India
  5. 05Thailand
  6. 06China
  7. 07Japan
  8. 08United Kingdom

Where it lands

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

99% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East Coast ports. Charleston alone takes 34%. Boston and Newark follow at 20% and 15%.

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  1. ACharleston, SC $72.6M
  2. BBoston, MA $42.6M
  3. CNewark, NJ $33.4M
  4. DNorfolk, VA $29.7M
  5. ESavannah, GA $12.5M
  6. FBaltimore, MD $10.0M
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.

Five states are listed for over $10M each.

  1. 01North Carolina$69.7M
  2. 02Maine$45.5M
  3. 03South Carolina$28.2M
  4. 04Georgia$12.8M
  5. 05Delaware$10.2M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 5504. How we count.