Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$17.3 million$17.3M
vs 2010
0.9× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
3%
Busiest portTop port
Detroit, MI

Zinc waste and scrap: mostly from Canada, 58% of $17.3 million.

Mexico is second at 39%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $17.3M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Canada$10.1M58.3%
  2. 02Mexico$6.7M38.5%
  3. 03China$167K1.0%
  4. 04Netherlands$124K0.7%
  5. 05Nicaragua$79K0.5%
  6. 06Guatemala$75K0.4%
  7. 07France$45K0.3%
  8. 08Germany$20K0.1%
  9. 09Honduras$6K<0.1%
  10. 10Dominican Republic$5K<0.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $20K0.1%

Total US HS 7902 imports by year · $19.4M in 2010 to $17.3M 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.

Mexico26% → 39%
China0% → 1%
Netherlands0% → 0.7%
Nicaragua<0.1% → 0.5%
Guatemala<0.1% → 0.4%
France0% → 0.3%
Germany0% → 0.1%
Honduras0% → <0.1%
Dominican Republic0% → <0.1%
Luxembourg0.2% → 0%
Canada73% → 58%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Canada alone sends 58%, and Mexico adds another 39%. Latin America is the next-largest source region at 39%.

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  1. 01Canada
  2. 02Mexico
  3. 03China
  4. 04Netherlands
  5. 05Nicaragua
  6. 06Guatemala
  7. 07France
  8. 08Germany

Where it enters

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

97% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Detroit alone takes 34%. Eagle Pass and Otay Mesa follow at 24% and 14%.

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

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  1. ADetroit, MI $5.9M
  2. BEagle Pass, TX $4.2M
  3. COtay Mesa, CA $2.4M
  4. DPort Huron, MI $2.3M
  5. EAlexandria Bay, NY $1.3M
  6. FBuffalo-Niagara Falls, NY $462K
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 $1M each, and they mirror the top ports.

  1. 01Texas$5.5M
  2. 02Michigan$3.5M
  3. 03California$2.5M
  4. 04Illinois$1.4M
  5. 05New York$1.4M
$1M+$400K–1M$100–400K$10–100KUnder $10K

Counted under HS 7902. How we count.