Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.5 billion$1.5B
vs 2010
7.5× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
95%
Busiest portTop port
Mobile, AL

Alloy steel in ingots: Brazil leads with 36% of $1.5 billion.

Mexico is a close second at 33%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1.5B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Brazil$0.56B36.4%
  2. 02Mexico$0.51B33.1%
  3. 03Romania$0.22B14.4%
  4. 04Argentina$0.13B8.4%
  5. 05Canada$63.2M4.1%
  6. 06Italy$25.6M1.7%
  7. 07United Kingdom$14.6M1.0%
  8. 08Germany$11.0M0.7%
  9. 09Japan$2.8M0.2%
  10. 10India$471K<0.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $1.2M<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.

Romania0% → 14%
Argentina0% → 8.4%
Mexico25% → 33%
United Kingdom0.4% → 1%
Japan0.3% → 0.2%
India0.2% → <0.1%
Italy2.9% → 1.7%
Canada6.3% → 4.1%
Germany3.3% → 0.7%
Brazil56% → 36%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Latin America. Brazil and Mexico send 69% between them, and Argentina adds another 8%. Romania and Italy send 16% from Europe.

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  1. 01Brazil
  2. 02Mexico
  3. 03Romania
  4. 04Argentina
  5. 05Canada
  6. 06Italy
  7. 07United Kingdom
  8. 08Germany

Where it lands

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

95% arrives by ship, mostly through Gulf Coast ports. Most of it enters at Mobile (66%). Freeport follows at 26%.

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  1. AMobile, AL $1.01B
  2. BFreeport, TX $0.40B
  3. CEastport, ID $58.7M
  4. DHouston, TX $29.5M
  5. EBaltimore, MD $4.5M
  6. FNewark, NJ $4.1M
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.

Four states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01Indiana$0.51B
  2. 02Texas$0.43B
  3. 03Illinois$0.28B
  4. 04Alabama$0.22B
  5. 05Oregon$58.6M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 7224. How we count.