Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$3.6 million$3.6M
vs 2010
0.2× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
23%
Busiest portTop port
Otay Mesa, CA

Lead waste and scrap: Canada leads with 49% of $3.6 million.

Mexico is second at 28%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $3.6M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Canada$1.8M49.0%
  2. 02Mexico$999K27.7%
  3. 03Barbados$251K7.0%
  4. 04Bahamas$234K6.5%
  5. 05Grenada$117K3.2%
  6. 06Bermuda$100K2.8%
  7. 07Cayman Islands$98K2.7%
  8. 08St. Kitts and Nevis$20K0.6%
  9. 09St. Vincent and the Grenadines$7K0.2%
  10. All othersEveryone else combined: $9K0.3%

Total US HS 7802 imports by year · $21.7M in 2010 to $3.6M 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.

Canada9.4% → 49%
Barbados0% → 7%
Mexico21% → 28%
Grenada0.2% → 3.2%
Bermuda0.2% → 2.8%
Bahamas4.7% → 6.5%
Cayman Islands2% → 2.7%
St. Kitts and Nevis<0.1% → 0.6%
St. Vincent and the Grenadines0.6% → 0.2%
Egypt17% → 0%
Dominican Republic23% → 0%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Latin America. Mexico and Barbados send 35% between them, and the Bahamas, Grenada, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands add another 15%. Canada adds 49%.

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  1. 01Canada
  2. 02Mexico
  3. 03Barbados
  4. 04Bahamas
  5. 05Grenada
  6. 06Bermuda
  7. 07Cayman Islands
  8. 08St. Kitts and Nevis

Where it enters

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

77% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Otay Mesa alone takes 26%. Port Everglades and Boundary follow at 9% each.

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

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  1. AOtay Mesa, CA $934K
  2. BPort Everglades, FL $341K
  3. CBoundary, WA $339K
  4. DMiami, FL $297K
  5. EPort Huron, MI $131K
  6. FNewark, NJ $100K
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.

One state is listed for over $1M.

  1. 01Idaho$1.2M
  2. 02California$939K
  3. 03Florida$733K
  4. 04Pennsylvania$408K
  5. 05New Jersey$100K
$1M+$400K–1M$100–400K$10–100KUnder $10K

Counted under HS 7802. How we count.