Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$602 million$602M
vs 2010
1.0× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
over 99%
Busiest portTop port
Charleston, SC

Spongy ferrous products from direct reduction of ore and products: mostly from Trinidad and Tobago, 98% of $602 million.

Japan is second at 1.0%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $602M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Trinidad and Tobago$592M98.5%
  2. 02Japan$5.9M1.0%
  3. 03China$1.2M0.2%
  4. 04India$1.1M0.2%
  5. 05Spain$694K0.1%
  6. 06Sweden$127K<0.1%
  7. 07Germany$87K<0.1%
  8. 08Italy$63K<0.1%
  9. 09Malaysia$40K<0.1%
  10. 10United Kingdom$9K<0.1%

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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.

Trinidad and Tobago91% → 98%
Japan0.8% → 1%
Spain<0.1% → 0.1%
Sweden0% → <0.1%
China0.2% → 0.2%
Italy<0.1% → <0.1%
Malaysia0% → <0.1%
Germany<0.1% → <0.1%
United Kingdom<0.1% → <0.1%
India0.3% → 0.2%
Ukraine2.2% → 0%
Venezuela2.4% → 0%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Trinidad and Tobago sends almost all of it (98%). Japan is next at 1.0%.

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  1. 01Trinidad and Tobago
  2. 02Japan
  3. 03China
  4. 04India
  5. 05Spain
  6. 06Sweden
  7. 07Germany
  8. 08Italy

Where it lands

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

Over 99% arrives by ship, mostly through East Coast ports. Most of it enters at Charleston (61%). Mobile and Morehead City follow at 13% each.

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ABCDEF
  1. ACharleston, SC $369M
  2. BMobile, AL $80.3M
  3. CMorehead City, NC $75.3M
  4. DBaton Rouge, LA $33.4M
  5. ENew Orleans, LA $18.1M
  6. FGramercy, LA $16.0M
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.

Two states are listed for over $100M each, and they mirror the top ports.

  1. 01South Carolina$287M
  2. 02Louisiana$116M
  3. 03Ohio$86.1M
  4. 04Alabama$45.9M
  5. 05North Carolina$41.2M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 7203. How we count.