Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.8 billion$1.8B
vs 2010
3.6× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
80%
Busiest portTop port
Houston, TX

The US buys the most cement from Canada: 29% of $1.8 billion.

Turkey is a close second at 28%. Portland and other hydraulic cement.

Where US cement comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1.8B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Canada$0.51B29.2%
  2. 02Turkey$0.49B27.5%
  3. 03Vietnam$0.21B11.8%
  4. 04Mexico$0.11B6.1%
  5. 05Egypt$71.9M4.1%
  6. 06Greece$68.0M3.9%
  7. 07Colombia$50.1M2.8%
  8. 08Algeria$49.1M2.8%
  9. 09France$47.5M2.7%
  10. 10South Korea$29.1M1.7%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.13B7.5%

Total US cement imports by year · $499M in 2010 to $1.8B in 2025Replay the ranking year by year, 2010 to 2025

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Then and now: 2015 vs 2025Then and now

Each country's share of US cement imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US cement imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Turkey3.6% → 28%
Vietnam0% → 12%
Egypt1.3% → 4.1%
Algeria0% → 2.8%
Colombia<0.1% → 2.8%
Mexico5.5% → 6.1%
France4.1% → 2.7%
South Korea6.3% → 1.7%
Greece10% → 3.9%
China9.6% → <0.1%
Canada44% → 29%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's produced

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

No single region supplies most imported cement. The Middle East leads at 30%, then North America at 29%. Canada and Turkey send 57% between them, and Vietnam, Mexico and Egypt add another 22%.

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  1. 01Canada
  2. 02Turkey
  3. 03Vietnam
  4. 04Mexico
  5. 05Egypt
  6. 06Greece
  7. 07Colombia
  8. 08Algeria

Where it lands

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

81% arrives by ship. Houston alone takes 17%. Detroit and Newark follow at 7% and 5%.

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  1. AHouston, TX $0.29B
  2. BDetroit, MI $0.12B
  3. CNewark, NJ $92.2M
  4. DNorfolk, VA $78.6M
  5. ESeattle, WA $71.7M
  6. FSan Francisco, CA $71.0M
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 cement is used.

Five states are listed for over $100M each, and they mirror the top ports.

  1. 01Texas$0.47B
  2. 02Florida$0.20B
  3. 03Michigan$0.12B
  4. 04California$0.11B
  5. 05Washington$0.11B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 2523. How we count.