Imported, 2025Imported 2025: $2.1 billion$2.1B
vs 2010: 1.5× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship: 18%
Busiest portTop port: Port Huron, MI

Ferrous waste and scrap: mostly from Canada, 63% of $2.1 billion.

Mexico is second at 26%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $2.1B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

01Canada$1.31B63.2%
02Mexico$0.55B26.4%
03United Kingdom$72.2M3.5%
04Netherlands$59.5M2.9%
05Poland$28.2M1.4%
06Sweden$27.7M1.3%
07Turkey$8.6M0.4%
08Estonia$7.8M0.4%
09Japan$1.1M<0.1%
10China$1.0M<0.1%
Chile$861K<0.1%
Bahamas$658K<0.1%
Taiwan$634K<0.1%
Venezuela$183K<0.1%
Colombia$152K<0.1%
Singapore$148K<0.1%
Germany$147K<0.1%
Brazil$116K<0.1%
Denmark$69K<0.1%
France$36K<0.1%
Belgium$27K<0.1%
Spain$20K<0.1%
Czech Republic$00%
Russia$00%
New Zealand$00%
All othersEveryone else combined: $9.9M0.5%

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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.

Mexico11% → 26%

Poland0% → 1.4%

Turkey<0.1% → 0.4%

Estonia<0.1% → 0.4%

Japan<0.1% → <0.1%

China0.1% → <0.1%

Netherlands3.1% → 2.9%

United Kingdom6% → 3.5%

Sweden5.1% → 1.3%

Canada74% → 63%

2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Canada alone sends 63%, and Mexico, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Poland add another 34%. Latin America is the next-largest source region at 27%.

Where it enters

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

82% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Port Huron alone takes 30%. Brownsville and Detroit follow at 12% and 11%.

Goods crossing by land are recorded at Census ports of entry, which can be inland.

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.

Eight states are listed for over $100M each.

01Indiana$0.56B
02Texas$0.32B
03Ohio$0.22B
04Washington$0.14B
05Alabama$0.11B

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$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 7204. How we count.