Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.1 billion$1.1B
vs 2010
2.3× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
86%
Busiest portTop port
Newark, NJ

Copper plates, sheets and strip, over 0.15 mm thick: Germany leads with 27% of $1.1 billion.

Peru is a close second at 21%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1.1B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Germany$0.31B27.3%
  2. 02Peru$0.23B20.6%
  3. 03Brazil$0.10B8.9%
  4. 04Finland$92.3M8.2%
  5. 05China$63.9M5.6%
  6. 06Bulgaria$60.0M5.3%
  7. 07Mexico$49.3M4.4%
  8. 08United Kingdom$42.7M3.8%
  9. 09India$33.0M2.9%
  10. 10Japan$29.6M2.6%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.12B10.5%

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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.

Peru2.9% → 21%
Brazil2.8% → 8.9%
Finland4% → 8.2%
Bulgaria1.4% → 5.3%
India<0.1% → 2.9%
China3.2% → 5.6%
United Kingdom3.6% → 3.8%
Mexico5.3% → 4.4%
Japan5.6% → 2.6%
Germany64% → 27%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Europe is the largest source at 49%, then Latin America at 34%. Germany and Peru send 48% between them, and Brazil, Finland and China add another 23%.

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  1. 01Germany
  2. 02Peru
  3. 03Brazil
  4. 04Finland
  5. 05China
  6. 06Bulgaria
  7. 07Mexico
  8. 08United Kingdom

Where it lands

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

86% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and Gulf Coast ports. Newark takes 16%. Houston and Norfolk follow at 15% and 14%.

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  1. ANewark, NJ $0.18B
  2. BHouston, TX $0.17B
  3. CNorfolk, VA $0.16B
  4. DNew Orleans, LA $69.7M
  5. ECharleston, SC $64.7M
  6. FBoston, MA $62.6M
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$0.24B
  2. 02Texas$0.18B
  3. 03North Carolina$82.7M
  4. 04New Hampshire$59.8M
  5. 05Ohio$52.5M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 7409. How we count.