Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$2 billion$2B
vs 2010
1.4× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
28%
Busiest portTop port
Boundary, WA

Zinc, unwrought: mostly from Canada, 57% of $2 billion.

Mexico is second at 15%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $2B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Canada$1.17B57.1%
  2. 02Mexico$0.31B14.9%
  3. 03Peru$0.29B14.1%
  4. 04Australia$0.18B9.0%
  5. 05Spain$53.4M2.6%
  6. 06South Korea$34.4M1.7%
  7. 07India$3.6M0.2%
  8. 08Poland$2.3M0.1%
  9. 09China$1.4M<0.1%
  10. 10Netherlands$1.2M<0.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $4.0M0.2%

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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.

Peru4.7% → 14%
Spain<0.1% → 2.6%
Australia7% → 9%
South Korea0.2% → 1.7%
Mexico15% → 15%
Poland0% → 0.1%
Netherlands0% → <0.1%
China<0.1% → <0.1%
India0.4% → 0.2%
Canada73% → 57%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Canada alone sends 57%, and Mexico, Peru, Australia and Spain add another 41%. Latin America is the next-largest source region at 29%.

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  1. 01Canada
  2. 02Mexico
  3. 03Peru
  4. 04Australia
  5. 05Spain
  6. 06South Korea
  7. 07India
  8. 08Poland

Where it enters

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

72% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Boundary alone takes 26%. Baltimore and Detroit follow at 14% and 11%.

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

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  1. ABoundary, WA $0.54B
  2. BBaltimore, MD $0.29B
  3. CDetroit, MI $0.23B
  4. DPort Huron, MI $0.17B
  5. ELaredo, TX $0.13B
  6. FEl Paso, TX $0.11B
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 $100M each.

  1. 01Maryland$0.31B
  2. 02Connecticut$0.23B
  3. 03Indiana$0.19B
  4. 04Ohio$0.18B
  5. 05Arkansas$0.17B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 7901. How we count.