Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$102 million$102M
vs 2010
0.6× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
24%
Busiest portTop port
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY

Nickle powders and flakes: mostly from Canada, 57% of $102 million.

United Kingdom is second at 14%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $102M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Canada$58.0M56.8%
  2. 02United Kingdom$14.0M13.7%
  3. 03Germany$10.6M10.4%
  4. 04Finland$4.5M4.4%
  5. 05Australia$3.9M3.8%
  6. 06India$3.0M3.0%
  7. 07Belgium$1.6M1.5%
  8. 08Ireland$1.4M1.4%
  9. 09South Africa$1.2M1.2%
  10. 10China$966K0.9%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $2.9M2.8%

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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.

Germany3.7% → 10%
United Kingdom8.3% → 14%
Finland0.8% → 4.4%
India0% → 3%
Ireland0.2% → 1.4%
China1.7% → 0.9%
Belgium2.4% → 1.5%
Australia6.5% → 3.8%
South Africa6.4% → 1.2%
Canada63% → 57%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Canada alone sends 57%, and the United Kingdom, Germany, Finland and Australia add another 32%. Europe is the next-largest source region at 33%.

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  1. 01Canada
  2. 02United Kingdom
  3. 03Germany
  4. 04Finland
  5. 05Australia
  6. 06India
  7. 07Belgium
  8. 08Ireland

Where it enters

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

67% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Buffalo-Niagara Falls alone takes 18%. Sweetgrass and Detroit follow at 12% and 11%.

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

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  1. ABuffalo-Niagara Falls, NY $18.5M
  2. BSweetgrass, MT $12.4M
  3. CDetroit, MI $11.6M
  4. DNewark, NJ $9.8M
  5. EPort Huron, MI $8.2M
  6. FChicago, IL $6.1M
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.

Three states are listed for over $10M each.

  1. 01Pennsylvania$20.3M
  2. 02California$15.0M
  3. 03Tennessee$12.0M
  4. 04New York$9.9M
  5. 05Michigan$8.2M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 7504. How we count.