Shipped Where
Imports through here, 2025
$1.1 billion
Share of all US imports
under 0.1%
Rank among ports
#128 of 209
Arrived by air
99%

Durham, NC is the 128th busiest US port by import value: $1.1 billion in 2025.

That is under 0.1% of everything the US imported. The largest source is Ireland (49%), followed by Germany (12%). The top product line is medicines. The total is down 41% from 2015, in nominal dollars.

Top sources

Countries of origin for goods through Durham, NC, 2025. Gray line is 2015.

  1. 01Ireland$545M · 48.9%
  2. 02Germany$132M · 11.8%
  3. 03United Kingdom$101M · 9.1%
  4. 04France$96M · 8.6%
  5. 05Italy$33.1M · 3.0%
  6. 06Switzerland$21.6M · 1.9%
  7. 07Denmark$19.7M · 1.8%
  8. 08India$19.1M · 1.7%

Top products

Goods through Durham, NC by value, 2025. Gray line is 2015.

  1. 01Medicines$556M · 49.8%
  2. 02Blood products, antibodies and vaccines$68.8M · 6.2%
  3. 03Jet engines and gas turbines$28.8M · 2.6%
  4. 04Rare earths$25.4M · 2.3%
  5. 05Orthopedic and implantable devices$21.9M · 2.0%
  6. 06Parts for construction machinery$21.1M · 1.9%
  7. 07Phones and network equipment$20.7M · 1.9%
  8. 08Parts and accessories for use with machine tools of headings 8456 to$18.8M · 1.7%

Excludes US goods returned after export.

Where it comes from

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

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Ireland is the largest source at 49%. The top three together are 70% of the value.

  1. 01Ireland
  2. 02Germany
  3. 03United Kingdom
  4. 04France
  5. 05Italy
  6. 06Switzerland
  7. 07Denmark
  8. 08India

Air cargo is recorded where it clears customs, which isn't always where the plane landed.

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