Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$31.5 million$31.5M
vs 2022
0.8× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
30%
Busiest portTop port
Laredo, TX

Electrical and electronic waste and scrap: Mexico leads with 38% of $31.5 million.

Canada is second at 22%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $31.5M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$11.9M37.9%
  2. 02Canada$6.8M21.6%
  3. 03China$2.6M8.4%
  4. 04South Korea$1.4M4.3%
  5. 05Malaysia$1.1M3.6%
  6. 06Ecuador$995K3.2%
  7. 07United Kingdom$863K2.7%
  8. 08Taiwan$858K2.7%
  9. 09Vietnam$737K2.3%
  10. 10Colombia$702K2.2%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $3.5M11.0%

Total US HS 8549 imports by year · $38.6M in 2022 to $31.5M in 2025Replay the ranking year by year, 2022 to 2025

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Then and now: 2022 vs 2025Then and now

Each country's share of US imports. Gray bar is 2022, colored bar is 2025.Share of US imports. Gray is 2022, color is 2025.

Mexico28% → 38%
China2.7% → 8.4%
South Korea0.3% → 4.3%
Canada18% → 22%
Ecuador0% → 3.2%
Malaysia0.4% → 3.6%
United Kingdom0.3% → 2.7%
Colombia1.2% → 2.2%
Taiwan6.2% → 2.7%
Vietnam5.9% → 2.3%
Brazil21% → 0.2%
2022 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Latin America. Mexico and Ecuador send 41% between them, and Colombia and Venezuela add another 4%. Canada adds 22%.

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  1. 01Mexico
  2. 02Canada
  3. 03China
  4. 04South Korea
  5. 05Malaysia
  6. 06Ecuador
  7. 07United Kingdom
  8. 08Taiwan

Where it enters

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

61% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Laredo alone takes 25%. Port Huron and Port Everglades follow at 12% and 8%.

Goods crossing by land are recorded at Census ports of entry, which can be inland.

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  1. ALaredo, TX $8.0M
  2. BPort Huron, MI $3.8M
  3. CPort Everglades, FL $2.6M
  4. DYsleta, TX $2.4M
  5. ENewark, NJ $1.6M
  6. FLos Angeles, CA $1.4M
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.

Ten states are listed for over $1M each.

  1. 01Texas$6.3M
  2. 02California$3.9M
  3. 03Wisconsin$3.3M
  4. 04New York$2.4M
  5. 05Florida$2.1M
$1M+$400K–1M$100–400K$10–100KUnder $10K

Counted under HS 8549. How we count.