Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.3 billion$1.3B
vs 2010
2.4× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
75%
Busiest portTop port
Newark, NJ

Machinery not elsewhere specified for making up paper pulp: Germany leads with 18% of $1.3 billion.

Italy is just behind, also at 18%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1.3B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Germany$0.25B18.4%
  2. 02Italy$0.24B18.0%
  3. 03Japan$0.10B7.8%
  4. 04France$98.2M7.4%
  5. 05Canada$85.8M6.4%
  6. 06Malaysia$84.0M6.3%
  7. 07China$74.8M5.6%
  8. 08Switzerland$70.3M5.3%
  9. 09Sweden$48.8M3.7%
  10. 10Taiwan$32.8M2.5%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.25B18.7%

Total US HS 8441 imports by year · $543M in 2010 to $1.3B 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.

Malaysia<0.1% → 6.3%
Italy15% → 18%
Germany16% → 18%
France6% → 7.4%
Japan6.6% → 7.8%
Canada5.3% → 6.4%
Sweden3.2% → 3.7%
Taiwan3.9% → 2.5%
Switzerland13% → 5.3%
China16% → 5.6%
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 36% between them, and France, Switzerland, Spain and Sweden add another 20%. Japan, Malaysia and China send 20% from Asia.

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  1. 01Germany
  2. 02Italy
  3. 03Japan
  4. 04France
  5. 05Canada
  6. 06Malaysia
  7. 07China
  8. 08Switzerland

Where it lands

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

75% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Newark alone takes 19%. Los Angeles and Norfolk follow at 13% and 10%.

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  1. ANewark, NJ $0.25B
  2. BLos Angeles, CA $0.17B
  3. CNorfolk, VA $0.13B
  4. DSavannah, GA $0.12B
  5. EChicago, IL $73.5M
  6. FCharleston, SC $64.8M
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. 01New Jersey$0.17B
  2. 02Wisconsin$0.12B
  3. 03California$0.11B
  4. 04Utah$96.3M
  5. 05North Carolina$80.1M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 8441. How we count.