Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$181 million$181M
vs 2010
1.3× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
72%
Busiest portTop port
Wilmington, NC

Flat-rolled iron or nonalloy steel products: Germany leads with 26% of $181 million.

Canada is second at 16%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $181M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Germany$46.6M25.8%
  2. 02Canada$28.9M16.0%
  3. 03Japan$17.6M9.8%
  4. 04United Arab Emirates$17.1M9.5%
  5. 05Netherlands$11.8M6.5%
  6. 06South Korea$8.6M4.7%
  7. 07Mexico$7.1M3.9%
  8. 08Taiwan$6.9M3.8%
  9. 09Vietnam$3.4M1.9%
  10. 10China$2.5M1.4%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $30.2M16.7%

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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.

United Arab Emirates0% → 9.5%
Germany24% → 26%
Taiwan2.3% → 3.8%
Netherlands5.3% → 6.5%
Canada15% → 16%
Vietnam1% → 1.9%
China1.9% → 1.4%
South Korea6.4% → 4.7%
Mexico7% → 3.9%
Japan15% → 9.8%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Europe is the largest source at 40%, then Asia at 26%. Germany and Canada send 42% between them, and Japan, the United Arab Emirates and the Netherlands add another 26%.

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Where it lands

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

72% arrives by ship, mostly in containers, mostly through East Coast ports. No single port dominates: Wilmington leads with 9%. Philadelphia and Milwaukee follow at 8% and 7%.

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  1. AWilmington, NC $16.6M
  2. BPhiladelphia, PA $14.2M
  3. CMilwaukee, WI $13.1M
  4. DSavannah, GA $12.4M
  5. EDetroit, MI $11.9M
  6. FBaltimore, MD $10.1M
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 $10M each.

  1. 01North Carolina$17.9M
  2. 02Wisconsin$15.4M
  3. 03Michigan$14.7M
  4. 04Texas$12.5M
  5. 05California$12.0M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 7212. How we count.