Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$501 million$501M
vs 2010
1.4× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
61%
Busiest portTop port
Newark, NJ

Machinery for making pulp of fibrous cellulosic material or: Germany leads with 30% of $501 million.

Canada is second at 16%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $501M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Germany$150M30.0%
  2. 02Canada$79.9M15.9%
  3. 03Italy$63.4M12.7%
  4. 04Finland$46.9M9.4%
  5. 05Sweden$43.0M8.6%
  6. 06China$24.6M4.9%
  7. 07Switzerland$19.8M3.9%
  8. 08Austria$15.5M3.1%
  9. 09Poland$9.3M1.9%
  10. 10India$7.3M1.5%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $41.2M8.2%

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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.

Germany18% → 30%
Italy2.9% → 13%
India0.6% → 1.5%
Switzerland4% → 3.9%
Poland2.1% → 1.9%
Austria4.1% → 3.1%
Sweden12% → 8.6%
Canada20% → 16%
China10% → 4.9%
Finland15% → 9.4%
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 Italy send 43% between them, and Finland, Sweden, Switzerland and Austria add another 25%. Canada adds 16%.

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  1. 01Germany
  2. 02Canada
  3. 03Italy
  4. 04Finland
  5. 05Sweden
  6. 06China
  7. 07Switzerland
  8. 08Austria

Where it lands

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

61% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Newark takes 14%. Norfolk and Charleston follow at 11% and 9%.

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  1. ANewark, NJ $69.8M
  2. BNorfolk, VA $54.6M
  3. CCharleston, SC $42.9M
  4. DLos Angeles, CA $38.0M
  5. EChicago, IL $32.3M
  6. FSavannah, GA $31.9M
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.

12 states are listed for over $10M each.

  1. 01Georgia$62.3M
  2. 02New Jersey$49.1M
  3. 03Ohio$47.3M
  4. 04Wisconsin$45.8M
  5. 05South Carolina$38.5M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 8439. How we count.