Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$82.6 million$82.6M
vs 2010
0.6× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
77%
Busiest portTop port
Newark, NJ

Machinery for the manufacture or finishing of felt or nonwovens: Germany leads with 34% of $82.6 million.

Italy is a close second at 29%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $82.6M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Germany$28.2M34.2%
  2. 02Italy$23.9M28.9%
  3. 03Austria$9.5M11.5%
  4. 04Portugal$9.1M11.1%
  5. 05France$3.5M4.3%
  6. 06China$2.6M3.1%
  7. 07Switzerland$1.7M2.0%
  8. 08Israel$686K0.8%
  9. 09Japan$465K0.6%
  10. 10Taiwan$330K0.4%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $2.6M3.1%

Total US HS 8449 imports by year · $145M in 2010 to $82.6M 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.

Italy7.5% → 29%
Austria1.8% → 12%
Portugal11% → 11%
Japan0.3% → 0.6%
Israel0.6% → 0.8%
Switzerland2.1% → 2%
Taiwan1.4% → 0.4%
China6.7% → 3.1%
France11% → 4.3%
Germany51% → 34%
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 63% between them, and Austria, Portugal, France and Switzerland add another 29%. China ships from Asia.

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  1. 01Germany
  2. 02Italy
  3. 03Austria
  4. 04Portugal
  5. 05France
  6. 06China
  7. 07Switzerland
  8. 08Israel

Where it lands

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

77% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and Gulf Coast ports. Newark alone takes 28%. Houston and Charlotte follow at 14% and 13%.

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  1. ANewark, NJ $23.4M
  2. BHouston, TX $11.9M
  3. CCharlotte, NC $10.8M
  4. DNorfolk, VA $7.6M
  5. ENew Orleans, LA $7.6M
  6. FCharleston, SC $6.2M
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.

Two states are listed for over $10M each.

  1. 01Louisiana$35.2M
  2. 02South Carolina$19.5M
  3. 03Mississippi$7.0M
  4. 04North Carolina$6.4M
  5. 05Georgia$3.0M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 8449. How we count.