Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$802 million$802M
vs 2010
2.0× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
10%
Busiest portTop port
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY

Copper waste and scrap: Canada leads with 47% of $802 million.

Mexico is a close second at 43%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $802M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Canada$377M47.0%
  2. 02Mexico$346M43.1%
  3. 03Costa Rica$13.5M1.7%
  4. 04Panama$9.5M1.2%
  5. 05Germany$8.1M1.0%
  6. 06Honduras$6.6M0.8%
  7. 07El Salvador$5.3M0.7%
  8. 08Dominican Republic$4.9M0.6%
  9. 09Bahamas$3.8M0.5%
  10. 10Colombia$1.7M0.2%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $26.0M3.2%

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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.

Mexico35% → 43%
Germany<0.1% → 1%
Panama0.8% → 1.2%
Dominican Republic0.3% → 0.6%
Bahamas0.2% → 0.5%
Honduras0.5% → 0.8%
Costa Rica1.5% → 1.7%
El Salvador0.5% → 0.7%
Colombia1.3% → 0.2%
Canada54% → 47%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Latin America. Mexico and Costa Rica send 45% between them, and Panama adds another 1%. Canada adds 47%.

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  1. 01Canada
  2. 02Mexico
  3. 03Costa Rica
  4. 04Panama
  5. 05Germany
  6. 06Honduras
  7. 07El Salvador
  8. 08Dominican Republic

Where it enters

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

90% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Buffalo-Niagara Falls alone takes 25%. Laredo and Ysleta follow at 11% and 9%.

Goods crossing by land are recorded at Census ports of entry, which can be inland.

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ABCDEF
  1. ABuffalo-Niagara Falls, NY $202M
  2. BLaredo, TX $92.0M
  3. CYsleta, TX $74.8M
  4. DPort Huron, MI $71.3M
  5. EHidalgo, TX $64.4M
  6. FDetroit, MI $51.1M
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.

Two states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01Texas$200M
  2. 02New York$165M
  3. 03Ohio$82.4M
  4. 04Indiana$66.2M
  5. 05Illinois$40.6M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 7404. How we count.