Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$255 million$255M
vs 2010
1.5× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
24%
Busiest portTop port
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX

Tantalum and articles thereof, including waste and scrap: China leads with 28% of $255 million.

Thailand is second at 19%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $255M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01China$71.0M27.8%
  2. 02Thailand$47.9M18.8%
  3. 03Germany$40.6M15.9%
  4. 04Japan$34.8M13.6%
  5. 05Kazakhstan$24.0M9.4%
  6. 06Taiwan$9.3M3.7%
  7. 07Canada$8.8M3.5%
  8. 08South Korea$6.5M2.6%
  9. 09Indonesia$2.4M0.9%
  10. 10Austria$2.3M0.9%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $7.4M2.9%

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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.

Japan3.2% → 14%
Thailand12% → 19%
Taiwan0.3% → 3.7%
Canada0.1% → 3.5%
South Korea1% → 2.6%
Indonesia0.2% → 0.9%
Germany16% → 16%
Austria2.7% → 0.9%
Kazakhstan13% → 9.4%
China35% → 28%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Asia. China and Thailand send 47% between them, and Japan, Kazakhstan, Taiwan and South Korea add another 29%. Germany sends 16% from Europe.

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  1. 01China
  2. 02Thailand
  3. 03Germany
  4. 04Japan
  5. 05Kazakhstan
  6. 06Taiwan
  7. 07Canada
  8. 08South Korea

Where it lands

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

72% arrives by air. Dallas-Fort Worth alone takes 38%. Newark and JFK Airport follow at 15% and 12%.

Air cargo is recorded where it clears customs, which isn't always where the plane landed.

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ABCDEF
  1. ADallas-Fort Worth, TX $97.1M
  2. BNewark, NJ $38.5M
  3. CJFK Airport, NY $31.8M
  4. DAnchorage, AK $10.4M
  5. ELos Angeles, CA $8.0M
  6. FMiami, FL $6.6M
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 $100M.

  1. 01Florida$126M
  2. 02New York$23.8M
  3. 03Pennsylvania$15.4M
  4. 04Maryland$14.6M
  5. 05Massachusetts$13.1M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 8103. How we count.