Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$2 billion$2B
vs 2010
1.2× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
43%
Busiest portTop port
Charleston, SC

Waste and scrap of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal: Canada leads with 20% of $2 billion.

Mexico is second at 13%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $2B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Canada$0.41B20.3%
  2. 02Mexico$0.26B13.0%
  3. 03Germany$0.23B11.3%
  4. 04Sweden$0.22B10.8%
  5. 05United Kingdom$0.18B8.8%
  6. 06Honduras$0.12B6.1%
  7. 07Qatar$60.8M3.0%
  8. 08Japan$54.8M2.7%
  9. 09Italy$50.6M2.5%
  10. 10Singapore$24.4M1.2%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.41B20.3%

Total US HS 7112 imports by year · $1.7B in 2010 to $2B in 2025Replay the ranking year by year, 2010 to 2025

2025Press play to replay the ranking

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.

Sweden<0.1% → 11%
Canada14% → 20%
Honduras2.2% → 6.1%
Qatar0.1% → 3%
United Kingdom7.3% → 8.8%
Japan3.5% → 2.7%
Italy3.3% → 2.5%
Mexico14% → 13%
Germany16% → 11%
Singapore9.1% → 1.2%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Europe is the largest source at 37%, then Latin America at 29%. Canada and Mexico send 33% between them, and Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom add another 31%.

0102030405060708
0102030405060708
  1. 01Canada
  2. 02Mexico
  3. 03Germany
  4. 04Sweden
  5. 05United Kingdom
  6. 06Honduras
  7. 07Qatar
  8. 08Japan

Where it lands

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

It arrives several ways: 43% by ship, 31% by land and other routes and 25% by air. Charleston takes 21%. Houston and Miami Airport follow at 15% and 14%.

ABCDEF
ABCDEF
  1. ACharleston, SC $0.42B
  2. BHouston, TX $0.30B
  3. CMiami Airport, FL $0.27B
  4. DBuffalo-Niagara Falls, NY $0.12B
  5. EChamplain-Rouses Point, NY $92.6M
  6. FNew Orleans, LA $87.6M
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.

Six states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01Texas$0.46B
  2. 02South Carolina$0.33B
  3. 03New York$0.27B
  4. 04North Dakota$0.24B
  5. 05Massachusetts$0.13B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 7112. How we count.