Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.1 billion$1.1B
vs 2010
2.5× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
44%
Busiest portTop port
Laredo, TX

Stoppers, caps and lids, capsules for bottles, threaded bungs: Mexico leads with 31% of $1.1 billion.

Canada is second at 18%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1.1B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$0.33B31.4%
  2. 02Canada$0.19B17.7%
  3. 03China$0.11B10.4%
  4. 04Spain$83.6M7.9%
  5. 05Italy$59.9M5.6%
  6. 06Germany$40.9M3.8%
  7. 07United Arab Emirates$40.1M3.8%
  8. 08India$35.1M3.3%
  9. 09France$19.7M1.9%
  10. 10United Kingdom$4.7M0.4%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.15B13.8%

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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.

Mexico22% → 31%
United Arab Emirates<0.1% → 3.8%
Italy3% → 5.6%
India1.9% → 3.3%
Germany3.4% → 3.8%
United Kingdom1.7% → 0.4%
France3.9% → 1.9%
Canada21% → 18%
Spain12% → 7.9%
China19% → 10%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Latin America is the largest source at 32%, then Europe at 28%. Mexico and Canada send 49% between them, and China, Spain and Italy add another 24%.

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  1. 01Mexico
  2. 02Canada
  3. 03China
  4. 04Spain
  5. 05Italy
  6. 06Germany
  7. 07United Arab Emirates
  8. 08India

Where it enters

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

52% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Laredo alone takes 24%. Newark and Port Huron follow at 15% and 9%.

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

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  1. ALaredo, TX $0.26B
  2. BNewark, NJ $0.16B
  3. CPort Huron, MI $96.1M
  4. DLos Angeles, CA $75.1M
  5. EDetroit, MI $66.5M
  6. FNorfolk, VA $51.4M
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.

Three states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01California$0.16B
  2. 02Texas$0.15B
  3. 03Ohio$0.14B
  4. 04Pennsylvania$96.9M
  5. 05Georgia$61.8M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 8309. How we count.