Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$38.7 million$38.7M
vs 2010
0.7× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
8%
Busiest portTop port
Ysleta, TX

Tin bars, rods, profiles and wire: mostly from Mexico, 65% of $38.7 million.

Canada is second at 21%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $38.7M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$25.0M64.5%
  2. 02Canada$8.2M21.2%
  3. 03Japan$1.8M4.7%
  4. 04Brazil$1.4M3.5%
  5. 05Turkey$741K1.9%
  6. 06Hong Kong$498K1.3%
  7. 07Colombia$355K0.9%
  8. 08Bolivia$328K0.8%
  9. 09Germany$186K0.5%
  10. 10United Kingdom$61K0.2%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $158K0.4%

Total US HS 8003 imports by year · $53.2M in 2010 to $38.7M 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.

Mexico45% → 65%
Brazil0% → 3.5%
Japan1.7% → 4.7%
Turkey0% → 1.9%
Hong Kong0% → 1.3%
Colombia0% → 0.9%
Bolivia0% → 0.8%
United Kingdom<0.1% → 0.2%
Germany0.4% → 0.5%
Belgium3.4% → 0%
Canada49% → 21%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Mexico alone sends 65%, and Canada, Japan, Brazil and Turkey add another 31%. North America is the next-largest source region at 21%.

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  1. 01Mexico
  2. 02Canada
  3. 03Japan
  4. 04Brazil
  5. 05Turkey
  6. 06Hong Kong
  7. 07Colombia
  8. 08Bolivia

Where it enters

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

87% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Ysleta alone takes 45%. Derby Line and El Paso follow at 17% and 13%.

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

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  1. AYsleta, TX $17.6M
  2. BDerby Line, VT $6.5M
  3. CEl Paso, TX $5.2M
  4. DLaredo, TX $2.1M
  5. ELos Angeles Airport (LAX), CA $1.3M
  6. FPort Huron, MI $1.2M
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 $10M.

  1. 01Rhode Island$27.5M
  2. 02Texas$3.0M
  3. 03Colorado$2.2M
  4. 04California$1.8M
  5. 05Pennsylvania$1.4M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 8003. How we count.