Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$5.5 billion$5.5B
vs 2010
1.8× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
55%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

Articles of iron or steel, not elsewhere specified: China leads with 27% of $5.5 billion.

Mexico is second at 20%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $5.5B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01China$1.50B27.3%
  2. 02Mexico$1.08B19.7%
  3. 03Canada$0.59B10.7%
  4. 04India$0.29B5.2%
  5. 05Germany$0.25B4.5%
  6. 06Taiwan$0.19B3.4%
  7. 07Vietnam$0.16B2.9%
  8. 08Japan$0.15B2.7%
  9. 09South Korea$0.14B2.5%
  10. 10Italy$0.13B2.4%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $1.03B18.7%

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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.

India2.6% → 5.2%
Mexico17% → 20%
Vietnam1.3% → 2.9%
South Korea2.1% → 2.5%
Germany4.7% → 4.5%
Taiwan3.7% → 3.4%
Japan3.2% → 2.7%
Italy3.4% → 2.4%
Canada12% → 11%
China35% → 27%
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 Latin America at 21%. China and Mexico send 47% between them, and Canada, India and Germany add another 20%.

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Where it lands

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

55% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Los Angeles takes 12%. Laredo and Houston follow at 10% and 9%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $0.64B
  2. BLaredo, TX $0.58B
  3. CHouston, TX $0.47B
  4. DNewark, NJ $0.44B
  5. ESavannah, GA $0.29B
  6. FLong Beach, CA $0.25B
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$1.10B
  2. 02California$0.53B
  3. 03Michigan$0.31B
  4. 04Illinois$0.29B
  5. 05Georgia$0.24B
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 7326. How we count.