Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$11.1 million$11.1M
vs 2010
1.8× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
66%
Busiest portTop port
Newark, NJ

Lead plates, sheets, strip and foil: Germany leads with 47% of $11.1 million.

Mexico is second at 21%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $11.1M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Germany$5.2M46.9%
  2. 02Mexico$2.3M21.0%
  3. 03United Kingdom$1.9M17.5%
  4. 04Argentina$351K3.2%
  5. 05Sweden$310K2.8%
  6. 06Canada$210K1.9%
  7. 07China$206K1.9%
  8. 08Tanzania$188K1.7%
  9. 09Japan$127K1.1%
  10. 10Egypt$3K<0.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $228K2.1%

Total US HS 7804 imports by year · $6.3M in 2010 to $11.1M 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.

Mexico1.6% → 21%
Germany42% → 47%
Tanzania0% → 1.7%
Argentina1.9% → 3.2%
Japan<0.1% → 1.1%
Egypt0% → <0.1%
China2% → 1.9%
Canada3.3% → 1.9%
Sweden4.3% → 2.8%
United Kingdom37% → 17%
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 64% between them, and Sweden and Italy add another 4%. Mexico and Argentina send 24% from Latin America.

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  1. 01Germany
  2. 02Mexico
  3. 03United Kingdom
  4. 04Argentina
  5. 05Sweden
  6. 06Canada
  7. 07China
  8. 08Tanzania

Where it lands

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

66% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East Coast ports. Newark alone takes 44%. Laredo and Rockford Airport follow at 21% and 8%.

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  1. ANewark, NJ $4.9M
  2. BLaredo, TX $2.3M
  3. CRockford Airport, IL $858K
  4. DHouston, TX $752K
  5. ENorfolk, VA $364K
  6. FChester, PA $356K
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.

Four states are listed for over $1M each.

  1. 01Texas$2.9M
  2. 02Pennsylvania$2.0M
  3. 03Indiana$1.1M
  4. 04New York$1.0M
  5. 05Illinois$886K
$1M+$400K–1M$100–400K$10–100KUnder $10K

Counted under HS 7804. How we count.