Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$5.5 million$5.5M
vs 2010
0.4× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
70%
Busiest portTop port
Laredo, TX

Waste of manmade fibers: Mexico leads with 23% of $5.5 million.

Honduras is just behind, also at 23%.

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. 01Mexico$1.3M23.5%
  2. 02Honduras$1.3M23.3%
  3. 03Turkey$1.0M18.7%
  4. 04Canada$364K6.6%
  5. 05India$352K6.4%
  6. 06Belgium$298K5.4%
  7. 07Germany$197K3.6%
  8. 08Japan$169K3.1%
  9. 09Spain$152K2.8%
  10. 10El Salvador$138K2.5%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $238K4.3%

Total US HS 5505 imports by year · $12.9M in 2010 to $5.5M 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.

Honduras0% → 23%
Mexico16% → 23%
India0.9% → 6.4%
Germany<0.1% → 3.6%
Spain0.6% → 2.8%
Belgium4.2% → 5.4%
Japan1.9% → 3.1%
El Salvador3.4% → 2.5%
Canada15% → 6.6%
Turkey32% → 19%
United Kingdom19% → 1.3%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Latin America is the largest source at 49%, then the Middle East at 19%. Mexico and Honduras send 47% between them, and Turkey, Canada and India add another 32%.

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  1. 01Mexico
  2. 02Honduras
  3. 03Turkey
  4. 04Canada
  5. 05India
  6. 06Belgium
  7. 07Germany
  8. 08Japan

Where it lands

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

70% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East Coast ports. Laredo takes 19%. Newark and Savannah follow at 17% and 16%.

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ABCDEF
  1. ALaredo, TX $1.1M
  2. BNewark, NJ $958K
  3. CSavannah, GA $860K
  4. DCharleston, SC $729K
  5. EWilmington, NC $488K
  6. FNorfolk, VA $374K
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. 01South Carolina$1.8M
  2. 02Ohio$897K
  3. 03North Carolina$696K
  4. 04Florida$557K
  5. 05Tennessee$447K
$1M+$400K–1M$100–400K$10–100KUnder $10K

Counted under HS 5505. How we count.