Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$322 million$322M
vs 2010
5.2× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
5%
Busiest portTop port
Laredo, TX

Articles of plaster or of compositions based on plaster: mostly from Mexico, 82% of $322 million.

Canada is second at 14%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $322M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$265M82.4%
  2. 02Canada$43.8M13.6%
  3. 03China$3.8M1.2%
  4. 04Italy$1.8M0.6%
  5. 05Colombia$1.8M0.6%
  6. 06France$1.2M0.4%
  7. 07Spain$958K0.3%
  8. 08Germany$879K0.3%
  9. 09Vietnam$550K0.2%
  10. 10India$482K0.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $1.4M0.4%

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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.

Mexico49% → 82%
Colombia0.3% → 0.6%
Spain<0.1% → 0.3%
Italy0.4% → 0.6%
Germany0.1% → 0.3%
France0.3% → 0.4%
India<0.1% → 0.1%
Vietnam1.1% → 0.2%
China4% → 1.2%
Canada42% → 14%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Mexico alone sends 82%, and Canada and China add another 15%. North America is the next-largest source region at 14%.

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Where it enters

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

95% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Laredo takes 29%. Rio Grande City and El Paso follow at 27% and 8%.

Goods crossing by land are recorded at Census ports of entry, which can be inland.

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  1. ALaredo, TX $92.4M
  2. BRio Grande City, TX $87.8M
  3. CEl Paso, TX $26.6M
  4. DDouglas, AZ $19.2M
  5. EBuffalo-Niagara Falls, NY $13.1M
  6. FSanta Teresa, NM $12.4M
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. 01Texas$148M
  2. 02Arizona$64.3M
  3. 03Georgia$29.6M
  4. 04California$13.0M
  5. 05New Jersey$8.8M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 6809. How we count.