Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$9 million$9M
vs 2010
0.6× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
95%
Busiest portTop port
Houston, TX

Gauze not elsewhere specified: mostly from Vietnam, 56% of $9 million.

China is second at 16%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $9M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Vietnam$5.0M55.5%
  2. 02China$1.4M16.1%
  3. 03Turkey$1.1M12.6%
  4. 04Indonesia$559K6.2%
  5. 05United Kingdom$240K2.7%
  6. 06Hungary$168K1.9%
  7. 07South Korea$150K1.7%
  8. 08Italy$102K1.1%
  9. 09Germany$74K0.8%
  10. 10India$37K0.4%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $85K1.0%

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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.

Vietnam0.4% → 56%
Turkey<0.1% → 13%
Hungary0% → 1.9%
Indonesia4.8% → 6.2%
Italy0.2% → 1.1%
Germany0.4% → 0.8%
United Kingdom3.3% → 2.7%
South Korea3.9% → 1.7%
Japan5.2% → 0.1%
India12% → 0.4%
China64% → 16%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Southeast Asia. Vietnam alone sends 56%, and China, Indonesia and South Korea add another 24%. Turkey sends 13% from the Middle East.

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  1. 01Vietnam
  2. 02China
  3. 03Turkey
  4. 04Indonesia
  5. 05United Kingdom
  6. 06Hungary
  7. 07South Korea
  8. 08Italy

Where it lands

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

95% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through Gulf and West Coast ports. Houston alone takes 44%. Savannah and Oakland follow at 17% and 15%.

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ABCDEF
  1. AHouston, TX $4.0M
  2. BSavannah, GA $1.5M
  3. COakland, CA $1.3M
  4. DLong Beach, CA $487K
  5. ELos Angeles, CA $360K
  6. FTacoma, WA $304K
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.

Three states are listed for over $1M each.

  1. 01Texas$4.0M
  2. 02California$1.9M
  3. 03Georgia$1.4M
  4. 04Wisconsin$287K
  5. 05Illinois$268K
$1M+$400K–1M$100–400K$10–100KUnder $10K

Counted under HS 5803. How we count.