Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$975 million$975M
vs 2010
1.6× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
36%
Busiest portTop port
San Francisco Airport (SFO), CA

Ceramic wares for laboratory or other technical uses: Japan leads with 35% of $975 million.

Mexico is second at 18%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $975M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Japan$341M34.9%
  2. 02Mexico$175M18.0%
  3. 03Germany$85.9M8.8%
  4. 04China$67.9M7.0%
  5. 05Thailand$65.8M6.7%
  6. 06South Africa$51.5M5.3%
  7. 07Poland$50.7M5.2%
  8. 08South Korea$26.8M2.7%
  9. 09United Kingdom$22.6M2.3%
  10. 10France$7.4M0.8%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $80.9M8.3%

Total US HS 6909 imports by year · $606M in 2010 to $975M 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.

Thailand0.2% → 6.7%
South Africa0.5% → 5.3%
Poland0.8% → 5.2%
Germany6% → 8.8%
South Korea1.5% → 2.7%
United Kingdom1.4% → 2.3%
Japan34% → 35%
France0.9% → 0.8%
China15% → 7%
Mexico29% → 18%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Asia. Japan and China send 42% between them, and Thailand and South Korea add another 9%. Mexico sends 18% from Latin America.

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  1. 01Japan
  2. 02Mexico
  3. 03Germany
  4. 04China
  5. 05Thailand
  6. 06South Africa
  7. 07Poland
  8. 08South Korea

Where it lands

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

It arrives several ways: 47% by air, 36% by ship and 17% by land and other routes. San Francisco Airport (SFO) takes 17%. Laredo and Charleston follow at 16% and 12%.

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  1. ASan Francisco Airport (SFO), CA $170M
  2. BLaredo, TX $158M
  3. CCharleston, SC $120M
  4. DLos Angeles, CA $95.7M
  5. ECleveland, OH $43.9M
  6. FChicago, IL $40.6M
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.

Four states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01California$276M
  2. 02Texas$147M
  3. 03North Carolina$108M
  4. 04Ohio$103M
  5. 05Alabama$82.8M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 6909. How we count.