Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$586 million$586M
vs 2010
12.7× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
0.5%
Busiest portTop port
JFK Airport, NY

Synthetic or reconstructed precious or semiprecious stones: mostly from India, 87% of $586 million.

Thailand is second at 5%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $586M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01India$512M87.4%
  2. 02Thailand$27.3M4.7%
  3. 03China$11.1M1.9%
  4. 04Germany$7.7M1.3%
  5. 05United Arab Emirates$5.7M1.0%
  6. 06Canada$3.7M0.6%
  7. 07Japan$3.3M0.6%
  8. 08Israel$2.8M0.5%
  9. 09Switzerland$2.0M0.3%
  10. 10Malaysia$1.8M0.3%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $8.5M1.4%

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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.

India19% → 87%
Thailand2.9% → 4.7%
United Arab Emirates<0.1% → 1%
Canada0.1% → 0.6%
Israel0.2% → 0.5%
Malaysia0.4% → 0.3%
Switzerland2.5% → 0.3%
Japan4.6% → 0.6%
China20% → 1.9%
Germany27% → 1.3%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

India alone sends 87%, and Thailand, China and Germany add another 8%.

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  1. 01India
  2. 02Thailand
  3. 03China
  4. 04Germany
  5. 05United Arab Emirates
  6. 06Canada
  7. 07Japan
  8. 08Israel

Where it lands

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

99% arrives by air. Most of it enters at JFK Airport (90%).

Air cargo is recorded where it clears customs, which isn't always where the plane landed.

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  1. AJFK Airport, NY $527M
  2. BNew Orleans, LA $22.1M
  3. CLos Angeles Airport (LAX), CA $12.2M
  4. DAnchorage, AK $11.9M
  5. ECleveland, OH $5.0M
  6. FSan Francisco Airport (SFO), CA $1.8M
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.

One state is listed for over $100M.

  1. 01New York$483M
  2. 02New Jersey$20.0M
  3. 03California$18.9M
  4. 04Florida$11.6M
  5. 05Texas$9.5M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 7104. How we count.