Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$264 million$264M
vs 2010
3.9× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
39%
Busiest portTop port
Houston, TX

Nickle tubes, pipes and tube or pipe fittings: Germany leads with 18% of $264 million.

Canada is a close second at 16%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $264M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Germany$47.1M17.8%
  2. 02Canada$41.9M15.8%
  3. 03United Kingdom$35.8M13.5%
  4. 04France$26.7M10.1%
  5. 05Japan$24.5M9.3%
  6. 06Mexico$23.0M8.7%
  7. 07Sweden$19.4M7.3%
  8. 08South Korea$12.2M4.6%
  9. 09China$7.1M2.7%
  10. 10India$6.5M2.5%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $20.3M7.7%

Total US HS 7507 imports by year · $66.9M in 2010 to $264M in 2025Replay the ranking year by year, 2010 to 2025

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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.

Mexico1.1% → 8.7%
Sweden2.6% → 7.3%
Canada11% → 16%
South Korea0.2% → 4.6%
India0.3% → 2.5%
France9% → 10%
China2% → 2.7%
Japan14% → 9.3%
United Kingdom19% → 14%
Germany34% → 18%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Europe. Germany and the United Kingdom send 31% between them, and France, Sweden, Italy and Spain add another 21%. Japan, South Korea and China send 17% from Asia.

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  1. 01Germany
  2. 02Canada
  3. 03United Kingdom
  4. 04France
  5. 05Japan
  6. 06Mexico
  7. 07Sweden
  8. 08South Korea

Where it lands

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

It arrives several ways: 39% by ship, 36% by air and 25% by land and other routes. Houston alone takes 16%. New Orleans and Detroit follow at 10% each.

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  1. AHouston, TX $42.6M
  2. BNew Orleans, LA $25.8M
  3. CDetroit, MI $25.6M
  4. DNewark, NJ $19.5M
  5. EBaltimore, MD $18.6M
  6. FCalexico East, CA $16.6M
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.

Seven states are listed for over $10M each.

  1. 01Texas$63.1M
  2. 02Ohio$37.5M
  3. 03California$34.4M
  4. 04Pennsylvania$27.2M
  5. 05Minnesota$23.2M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 7507. How we count.