Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$2.1 billion$2.1B
vs 2010
2.9× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
12%
Busiest portTop port
Laredo, TX

Aluminum waste and scrap: mostly from Canada, 59% of $2.1 billion.

Mexico is second at 30%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $2.1B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Canada$1.23B58.6%
  2. 02Mexico$0.62B29.6%
  3. 03United Kingdom$39.9M1.9%
  4. 04Colombia$36.5M1.7%
  5. 05Guatemala$22.5M1.1%
  6. 06Germany$21.0M1.0%
  7. 07Honduras$18.8M0.9%
  8. 08South Korea$13.3M0.6%
  9. 09Brazil$11.9M0.6%
  10. 10Panama$8.7M0.4%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $75.6M3.6%

Total US HS 7602 imports by year · $712M in 2010 to $2.1B 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.

Mexico18% → 30%
Colombia0.1% → 1.7%
United Kingdom0.9% → 1.9%
Germany<0.1% → 1%
Honduras0.2% → 0.9%
South Korea<0.1% → 0.6%
Panama0.9% → 0.4%
Guatemala2% → 1.1%
Brazil2.8% → 0.6%
Canada66% → 59%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Canada alone sends 59%, and Mexico, the United Kingdom, Colombia and Guatemala add another 34%. Latin America is the next-largest source region at 36%.

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

Where it enters

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

88% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Laredo takes 23%. Port Huron and Detroit follow at 19% and 15%.

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

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  1. ALaredo, TX $0.48B
  2. BPort Huron, MI $0.39B
  3. CDetroit, MI $0.31B
  4. DBuffalo-Niagara Falls, NY $0.23B
  5. EAlexandria Bay, NY $0.10B
  6. FInternational Falls, MN $57.3M
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.

Nine states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01Kentucky$0.34B
  2. 02Ohio$0.21B
  3. 03Indiana$0.20B
  4. 04Texas$0.17B
  5. 05Georgia$0.13B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 7602. How we count.