Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$459 million$459M
vs 2010
1.7× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
58%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

Converters, ladles: Japan leads with 20% of $459 million.

Canada is a close second at 19%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $459M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Japan$92.0M20.1%
  2. 02Canada$85.3M18.6%
  3. 03Germany$56.4M12.3%
  4. 04China$54.3M11.8%
  5. 05Italy$38.8M8.5%
  6. 06Austria$32.3M7.1%
  7. 07India$15.7M3.4%
  8. 08Switzerland$13.5M2.9%
  9. 09United Kingdom$11.9M2.6%
  10. 10France$10.0M2.2%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $48.4M10.5%

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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.

Austria0.6% → 7.1%
India0.2% → 3.4%
France0.3% → 2.2%
Switzerland3% → 2.9%
China13% → 12%
United Kingdom4.1% → 2.6%
Japan22% → 20%
Italy11% → 8.5%
Germany16% → 12%
Canada23% → 19%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Europe and Asia each supply 40%. Japan and Canada send 39% between them, and Germany, China and Italy add another 33%.

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

Where it lands

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

58% arrives by ship, mostly in containers, mostly through East Coast ports. Los Angeles takes 11%. Detroit and Houston follow at 10% and 8%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $52.1M
  2. BDetroit, MI $44.7M
  3. CHouston, TX $37.2M
  4. DNewark, NJ $35.2M
  5. EPort Huron, MI $33.0M
  6. FChicago, IL $32.5M
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.

13 states are listed for over $10M each.

  1. 01Indiana$78.3M
  2. 02Michigan$76.3M
  3. 03Texas$49.9M
  4. 04Ohio$32.5M
  5. 05Alabama$23.2M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 8454. How we count.