Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$3.5 billion$3.5B
vs 2010
1.2× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
67%
Busiest portTop port
Houston, TX

Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles not elsewhere specified: South Korea leads with 22% of $3.5 billion.

Canada is a close second at 20%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $3.5B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01South Korea$0.78B22.2%
  2. 02Canada$0.72B20.4%
  3. 03Mexico$0.39B11.2%
  4. 04Taiwan$0.33B9.5%
  5. 05United Arab Emirates$0.23B6.7%
  6. 06India$0.21B6.1%
  7. 07Vietnam$0.20B5.8%
  8. 08Turkey$0.14B4.0%
  9. 09China$66.5M1.9%
  10. 10Germany$65.4M1.9%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.36B10.4%

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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 Emirates2.3% → 6.7%
Taiwan5.9% → 9.5%
Vietnam2.4% → 5.8%
Mexico8.7% → 11%
India3.7% → 6.1%
China2.2% → 1.9%
Germany2.4% → 1.9%
Canada22% → 20%
Turkey6.2% → 4%
South Korea29% → 22%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Asia is the largest source at 49%, then North America at 20%. South Korea and Canada send 43% between them, and Mexico, Taiwan and the United Arab Emirates add another 27%.

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Where it lands

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

67% arrives by ship, mostly through Gulf and East Coast ports. Houston alone takes 44%. Laredo and Detroit follow at 8% and 7%.

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  1. AHouston, TX $1.54B
  2. BLaredo, TX $0.28B
  3. CDetroit, MI $0.25B
  4. DPort Huron, MI $0.24B
  5. ELos Angeles, CA $0.21B
  6. FNewark, NJ $0.14B
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 $1B.

  1. 01Texas$1.67B
  2. 02California$0.30B
  3. 03Ohio$0.13B
  4. 04Michigan$0.12B
  5. 05Illinois$0.12B
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 7306. How we count.