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Imports through here, 2025
$8 billion
Share of all US imports
0.2%
Rank among ports
#63 of 209
Land & other
over 99%

Portal, ND is the 63rd busiest US port by import value: $8 billion in 2025.

That is 0.2% of everything the US imported. Most of it comes from Canada (96%). The top product line is polymers of ethylene, in primary forms, followed by uranium & isotopes. The total is up 26% from 2015, in nominal dollars.

Top sources

Countries of origin for goods through Portal, ND, 2025. Gray line is 2015.

  1. 01Canada$7.7B · 96.2%
  2. 02China$78.4M · 1.0%
  3. 03Germany$60.2M · 0.8%
  4. 04Japan$39.1M · 0.5%
  5. 05France$25M · 0.3%
  6. 06Mexico$16.5M · 0.2%
  7. 07Italy$12M · 0.1%
  8. 08United Kingdom$9.4M · 0.1%

Top products

Goods through Portal, ND by value, 2025. Gray line is 2015.

  1. 01Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms$632M · 7.9%
  2. 02Uranium & isotopes$592M · 7.4%
  3. 03Ammonia, anhydrous or in aqueous solution$459M · 5.7%
  4. 04Lumber$387M · 4.8%
  5. 05Mineral or chemical fertilizers, potassic$309M · 3.8%
  6. 06Air conditioning machines$301M · 3.8%
  7. 07Acyclic hydrocarbons$228M · 2.8%
  8. 08Natural gas$225M · 2.8%

Excludes US goods returned after export and other special trade codes.

Where it comes from

Canada is the largest source at 96%. The top three together are 98% of the value.

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