Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$133 million$133M
vs 2010
1.6× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
91%
Busiest portTop port
Newark, NJ

Bars and rods of stainless steel, hot-rolled: Taiwan leads with 24% of $133 million.

Italy is a close second at 20%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $133M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Taiwan$32.1M24.1%
  2. 02Italy$26.1M19.6%
  3. 03France$24.6M18.5%
  4. 04Sweden$22.7M17.0%
  5. 05United Kingdom$19.2M14.4%
  6. 06Germany$5.4M4.0%
  7. 07China$2.3M1.7%
  8. 08Spain$408K0.3%
  9. 09Brazil$139K0.1%
  10. 10Japan$84K<0.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $364K0.3%

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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.

Italy3.8% → 20%
Germany0.8% → 4%
Sweden16% → 17%
Spain<0.1% → 0.3%
Brazil0% → 0.1%
Taiwan24% → 24%
Japan0.5% → <0.1%
France19% → 18%
United Kingdom18% → 14%
China16% → 1.7%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Europe. Italy and France send 38% between them, and Sweden, the United Kingdom and Germany add another 35%. Taiwan and China send 26% from Asia.

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  1. 01Taiwan
  2. 02Italy
  3. 03France
  4. 04Sweden
  5. 05United Kingdom
  6. 06Germany
  7. 07China
  8. 08Spain

Where it lands

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

91% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East Coast ports. Newark alone takes 41%. Norfolk and Chicago follow at 17% and 8%.

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  1. ANewark, NJ $54.9M
  2. BNorfolk, VA $23.3M
  3. CChicago, IL $10.2M
  4. DCharleston, SC $8.6M
  5. ELos Angeles, CA $8.3M
  6. FSavannah, GA $7.9M
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.

Four states are listed for over $10M each.

  1. 01Illinois$36.1M
  2. 02Pennsylvania$33.8M
  3. 03Indiana$13.5M
  4. 04Ohio$11.5M
  5. 05South Carolina$8.0M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 7221. How we count.