Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$495 million$495M
vs 2010
1.0× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
46%
Busiest portTop port
Laredo, TX

Wire of iron or nonalloy steel: Mexico leads with 27% of $495 million.

Canada is a close second at 25%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $495M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$133M26.9%
  2. 02Canada$126M25.5%
  3. 03China$49.8M10.1%
  4. 04South Korea$38.1M7.7%
  5. 05Vietnam$19.0M3.8%
  6. 06Germany$17.1M3.5%
  7. 07Japan$11.7M2.4%
  8. 08Turkey$10.5M2.1%
  9. 09United Kingdom$7.8M1.6%
  10. 10Slovakia$7.2M1.5%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $74.7M15.1%

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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.

Mexico19% → 27%
Vietnam1% → 3.8%
Turkey0.5% → 2.1%
Slovakia0.3% → 1.5%
United Kingdom0.9% → 1.6%
Germany3.3% → 3.5%
South Korea8.2% → 7.7%
Canada27% → 25%
Japan6.9% → 2.4%
China22% → 10%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Asia is the largest source at 29%, then Latin America at 28%. Mexico and Canada send 52% between them, and China, South Korea and Vietnam add another 22%.

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  1. 01Mexico
  2. 02Canada
  3. 03China
  4. 04South Korea
  5. 05Vietnam
  6. 06Germany
  7. 07Japan
  8. 08Turkey

Where it enters

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

54% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Laredo alone takes 21%. Los Angeles and Newark follow at 8% and 7%.

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

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  1. ALaredo, TX $103M
  2. BLos Angeles, CA $39.3M
  3. CNewark, NJ $33.5M
  4. DHouston, TX $30.7M
  5. EDerby Line, VT $30.2M
  6. FSavannah, GA $20.4M
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. 01Texas$112M
  2. 02California$35.1M
  3. 03South Carolina$31.4M
  4. 04Illinois$30.7M
  5. 05New Hampshire$29.3M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 7217. How we count.