Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$824 million$824M
vs 2010
2.1× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
38%
Busiest portTop port
Laredo, TX

Gaskets and like joints of metal sheet combined with other material: Mexico leads with 22% of $824 million.

Germany is second at 15%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $824M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$184M22.4%
  2. 02Germany$127M15.4%
  3. 03Japan$83.7M10.2%
  4. 04United Kingdom$52.5M6.4%
  5. 05China$50.8M6.2%
  6. 06Italy$39.5M4.8%
  7. 07India$37.4M4.5%
  8. 08Taiwan$33.7M4.1%
  9. 09France$28.9M3.5%
  10. 10Sweden$26.8M3.3%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $159M19.3%

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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.

Mexico16% → 22%
Italy2.7% → 4.8%
India2.9% → 4.5%
France2.6% → 3.5%
Taiwan3.3% → 4.1%
Sweden2.8% → 3.3%
United Kingdom7.2% → 6.4%
Germany17% → 15%
China10% → 6.2%
Japan23% → 10%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Europe is the largest source at 41%, then Asia at 32%. Mexico and Germany send 38% between them, and Japan, the United Kingdom and China add another 23%.

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  1. 01Mexico
  2. 02Germany
  3. 03Japan
  4. 04United Kingdom
  5. 05China
  6. 06Italy
  7. 07India
  8. 08Taiwan

Where it lands

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

It arrives several ways: 38% by ship, 36% by air and 26% by land and other routes. Laredo takes 12%. Los Angeles and Houston follow at 9% and 7%.

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ABCDEF
  1. ALaredo, TX $96.5M
  2. BLos Angeles, CA $70.9M
  3. CHouston, TX $56.0M
  4. DNewark, NJ $53.1M
  5. ENew Orleans, LA $49.2M
  6. FCleveland, OH $45.6M
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.

One state is listed for over $100M.

  1. 01Texas$154M
  2. 02Michigan$93.7M
  3. 03California$65.9M
  4. 04Illinois$45.8M
  5. 05Alabama$34.8M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 8484. How we count.