Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.4 billion$1.4B
vs 2010
0.6× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
39%
Busiest portTop port
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY

Nickle, unwrought: mostly from Canada, 57% of $1.4 billion.

Norway is second at 16%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1.4B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Canada$0.78B56.9%
  2. 02Norway$0.23B16.5%
  3. 03United Kingdom$0.11B8.0%
  4. 04South Africa$74.1M5.4%
  5. 05Japan$53.7M3.9%
  6. 06Finland$42.6M3.1%
  7. 07Australia$40.7M3.0%
  8. 08Belgium$15.1M1.1%
  9. 09Brazil$8.6M0.6%
  10. 10Madagascar$5.4M0.4%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $17.5M1.3%

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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.

Canada41% → 57%
United Kingdom2% → 8%
Norway11% → 16%
South Africa1% → 5.4%
Japan2.7% → 3.9%
Belgium0.5% → 1.1%
Brazil5.2% → 0.6%
Finland7.7% → 3.1%
Madagascar5.8% → 0.4%
Australia11% → 3%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Canada alone sends 57%, and Norway, the United Kingdom, South Africa and Japan add another 34%. Europe is the next-largest source region at 29%.

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  1. 01Canada
  2. 02Norway
  3. 03United Kingdom
  4. 04South Africa
  5. 05Japan
  6. 06Finland
  7. 07Australia
  8. 08Belgium

Where it enters

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

58% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Buffalo-Niagara Falls alone takes 40%. Baltimore and Detroit follow at 25% and 9%.

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

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  1. ABuffalo-Niagara Falls, NY $0.56B
  2. BBaltimore, MD $0.35B
  3. CDetroit, MI $0.12B
  4. DPort Huron, MI $0.11B
  5. ECharleston, SC $81.6M
  6. FNewark, NJ $61.5M
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.

Three states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01Maryland$0.38B
  2. 02Pennsylvania$0.20B
  3. 03New York$0.18B
  4. 04Indiana$70.9M
  5. 05Kentucky$59.5M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 7502. How we count.