Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$10.8 million$10.8M
vs 2010
4.3× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
77%
Busiest portTop port
Houston, TX

Aluminum tanks, vats and similar plain, unfitted containers: Netherlands leads with 44% of $10.8 million.

Germany is second at 18%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $10.8M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Netherlands$4.8M44.0%
  2. 02Germany$2.0M18.0%
  3. 03Mexico$1.1M9.9%
  4. 04Belgium$781K7.2%
  5. 05South Korea$379K3.5%
  6. 06Switzerland$339K3.1%
  7. 07Canada$276K2.6%
  8. 08Italy$276K2.5%
  9. 09Brazil$252K2.3%
  10. 10China$116K1.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $617K5.7%

Total US HS 7611 imports by year · $2.5M in 2010 to $10.8M 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.

Germany1.3% → 18%
Netherlands28% → 44%
Mexico<0.1% → 9.9%
South Korea<0.1% → 3.5%
Switzerland0% → 3.1%
Brazil0% → 2.3%
Italy0.7% → 2.5%
China3.4% → 1.1%
Belgium28% → 7.2%
Canada33% → 2.6%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Europe. The Netherlands and Germany send 62% between them, and Belgium, Switzerland, Italy and the United Kingdom add another 14%. Mexico and Brazil send 12% from Latin America.

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Where it lands

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

77% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and Gulf Coast ports. Houston takes 33%. Norfolk and Charleston follow at 27% and 12%.

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  1. AHouston, TX $3.6M
  2. BNorfolk, VA $2.9M
  3. CCharleston, SC $1.3M
  4. DSanta Teresa, NM $541K
  5. ESavannah, GA $361K
  6. FLaredo, TX $314K
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 $1M each.

  1. 01Texas$4.5M
  2. 02Illinois$1.5M
  3. 03Ohio$1.4M
  4. 04Tennessee$788K
  5. 05North Carolina$496K
$1M+$400K–1M$100–400K$10–100KUnder $10K

Counted under HS 7611. How we count.