Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$579 million$579M
vs 2010
0.8× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
69%
Busiest portTop port
Houston, TX

Bars and rods not elsewhere specified, angles: Canada leads with 21% of $579 million.

China is second at 11%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $579M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Canada$122M21.1%
  2. 02China$65.3M11.3%
  3. 03Austria$51.9M9.0%
  4. 04Japan$44.7M7.7%
  5. 05Taiwan$40.5M7.0%
  6. 06Sweden$34.5M6.0%
  7. 07South Korea$32.3M5.6%
  8. 08Spain$31.0M5.4%
  9. 09Germany$28.6M4.9%
  10. 10Slovenia$27.4M4.7%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $100M17.3%

Total US HS 7228 imports by year · $746M in 2010 to $579M in 2025Replay the ranking year by year, 2010 to 2025

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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.

Austria3.5% → 9%
Taiwan3.1% → 7%
Japan4.3% → 7.7%
Spain2.2% → 5.4%
Slovenia2.6% → 4.7%
Canada20% → 21%
Sweden5.3% → 6%
Germany7.2% → 4.9%
South Korea8.7% → 5.6%
China16% → 11%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Europe is the largest source at 41%, then Asia at 32%. Canada and China send 32% between them, and Austria, Japan and Taiwan add another 24%.

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  1. 01Canada
  2. 02China
  3. 03Austria
  4. 04Japan
  5. 05Taiwan
  6. 06Sweden
  7. 07South Korea
  8. 08Spain

Where it lands

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

69% arrives by ship, mostly in containers, mostly through East and Gulf Coast ports. Houston takes 11%. Norfolk and Los Angeles follow at 10% and 8%.

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  1. AHouston, TX $62.3M
  2. BNorfolk, VA $57.8M
  3. CLos Angeles, CA $46.8M
  4. DChicago, IL $46.6M
  5. ENewark, NJ $46.4M
  6. FEagle Pass, TX $34.3M
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.

Two states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01Illinois$124M
  2. 02Texas$104M
  3. 03Minnesota$50.8M
  4. 04Ohio$39.1M
  5. 05Virginia$28.5M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 7228. How we count.