Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.9 billion$1.9B
vs 2010
2.2× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
79%
Busiest portTop port
Newark, NJ

Nonwovens, whether or not impregnated, coated: China leads with 17% of $1.9 billion.

Germany is second at 11%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1.9B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01China$0.33B17.4%
  2. 02Germany$0.21B11.0%
  3. 03Japan$0.17B8.9%
  4. 04Canada$0.14B7.4%
  5. 05India$0.14B7.3%
  6. 06Turkey$0.11B5.9%
  7. 07South Korea$97.7M5.2%
  8. 08Mexico$88.0M4.6%
  9. 09Luxembourg$57.6M3.0%
  10. 10Israel$41.3M2.2%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.51B27.0%

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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.

India3.4% → 7.3%
Turkey3% → 5.9%
South Korea2.4% → 5.2%
Mexico3.8% → 4.6%
Japan8.2% → 8.9%
Germany10% → 11%
Canada7.9% → 7.4%
Luxembourg6.4% → 3%
Israel5.6% → 2.2%
China22% → 17%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Asia is the largest source at 47%, then Europe at 29%. China and Germany send 28% between them, and Japan, Canada and India add another 24%.

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

Where it lands

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

79% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Newark takes 16%. Norfolk and Savannah follow at 13% and 10%.

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ABCDEF
  1. ANewark, NJ $0.30B
  2. BNorfolk, VA $0.25B
  3. CSavannah, GA $0.20B
  4. DLos Angeles, CA $0.19B
  5. ECharleston, SC $0.19B
  6. FLaredo, TX $92.2M
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.

Eight states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01New York$0.18B
  2. 02North Carolina$0.18B
  3. 03California$0.16B
  4. 04Texas$0.15B
  5. 05Virginia$0.12B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 5603. How we count.