Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$382 million$382M
vs 2010
1.6× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
36%
Busiest portTop port
Laredo, TX

Refractory ceramic goods other than those of siliceous fossil meals: Mexico leads with 35% of $382 million.

Japan is second at 15%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $382M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$134M35.0%
  2. 02Japan$58.6M15.4%
  3. 03Germany$47.1M12.4%
  4. 04India$28.8M7.6%
  5. 05China$22.8M6.0%
  6. 06Canada$21.1M5.5%
  7. 07United Kingdom$19.3M5.1%
  8. 08Italy$15.6M4.1%
  9. 09Poland$14.1M3.7%
  10. 10France$2.9M0.8%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $17.5M4.6%

Total US HS 6903 imports by year · $244M in 2010 to $382M 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.

India1.5% → 7.6%
Poland0.2% → 3.7%
Japan12% → 15%
Italy1.1% → 4.1%
Mexico35% → 35%
France1.5% → 0.8%
United Kingdom6.3% → 5.1%
Germany15% → 12%
Canada11% → 5.5%
China11% → 6%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Latin America is the largest source at 36%, then Asia at 30%. Mexico and Japan send 50% between them, and Germany, India and China add another 26%.

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  1. 01Mexico
  2. 02Japan
  3. 03Germany
  4. 04India
  5. 05China
  6. 06Canada
  7. 07United Kingdom
  8. 08Italy

Where it lands

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

It arrives several ways: 46% by land and other routes, 36% by ship and 18% by air. Laredo alone takes 38%. Los Angeles and Newark follow at 9% and 7%.

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  1. ALaredo, TX $144M
  2. BLos Angeles, CA $36.2M
  3. CNewark, NJ $26.7M
  4. DNorfolk, VA $20.1M
  5. EHouston, TX $13.1M
  6. FOakland, CA $12.8M
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.

11 states are listed for over $10M each.

  1. 01Ohio$76.6M
  2. 02California$37.5M
  3. 03Indiana$36.4M
  4. 04Pennsylvania$29.4M
  5. 05Massachusetts$25.6M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 6903. How we count.