Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.8 billion$1.8B
vs 2010
3.5× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
89%
Busiest portTop port
Freeport, TX

Ship's derricks: Japan leads with 24% of $1.8 billion.

Germany is second at 17%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1.8B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Japan$0.44B24.2%
  2. 02Germany$0.31B17.2%
  3. 03Austria$0.23B12.9%
  4. 04Poland$0.12B6.5%
  5. 05Canada$0.11B6.2%
  6. 06China$0.10B5.8%
  7. 07Italy$0.10B5.6%
  8. 08Netherlands$57.7M3.2%
  9. 09Spain$49.9M2.8%
  10. 10France$48.9M2.7%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.23B12.9%

Total US HS 8426 imports by year · $512M in 2010 to $1.8B 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.

Austria8.2% → 13%
Japan20% → 24%
Poland2.9% → 6.5%
Canada3.6% → 6.2%
Netherlands2.5% → 3.2%
France2.4% → 2.7%
Italy6.1% → 5.6%
Spain4% → 2.8%
China7.9% → 5.8%
Germany23% → 17%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Europe. Germany and Austria send 30% between them, and Poland, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain add another 18%. Japan and China send 30% from Asia.

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  1. 01Japan
  2. 02Germany
  3. 03Austria
  4. 04Poland
  5. 05Canada
  6. 06China
  7. 07Italy
  8. 08Netherlands

Where it lands

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

89% arrives by ship, mostly in containers, mostly through Gulf and East Coast ports. Freeport alone takes 20%. Galveston and Baltimore follow at 14% and 9%.

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  1. AFreeport, TX $0.36B
  2. BGalveston, TX $0.25B
  3. CBaltimore, MD $0.17B
  4. DNorfolk, VA $0.13B
  5. ENewark, NJ $0.12B
  6. FHouston, TX $88.6M
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.

Three states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01Texas$0.67B
  2. 02Ohio$0.14B
  3. 03California$0.12B
  4. 04Maryland$90.7M
  5. 05Virginia$88.6M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 8426. How we count.