Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$16.6 billion$16.6B
vs 2010
3.9× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
85%
Busiest portTop port
New Orleans, LA

Most imported copper comes from Chile: 54% of $16.6 billion.

Canada is second at 12%. Refined copper and copper alloys.

Where US copper comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $16.6B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Chile$8.91B53.5%
  2. 02Canada$2.07B12.5%
  3. 03DR Congo$1.79B10.8%
  4. 04Peru$0.88B5.3%
  5. 05Australia$0.70B4.2%
  6. 06South Korea$0.68B4.1%
  7. 07Mexico$0.34B2.1%
  8. 08Zambia$0.25B1.5%
  9. 09Japan$0.25B1.5%
  10. 10Germany$0.14B0.8%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.63B3.8%

Total US copper imports by year · $4.3B in 2010 to $16.6B 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 copper imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US copper imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

DR Congo3.3% → 11%
Chile49% → 54%
Australia<0.1% → 4.2%
South Korea<0.1% → 4.1%
Peru1.8% → 5.3%
Zambia<0.1% → 1.5%
Japan0.8% → 1.5%
Germany0.3% → 0.8%
Mexico14% → 2.1%
Canada30% → 12%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's produced

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

Most imported copper is produced in Latin America. Chile alone sends 54%, and Peru and Mexico add another 7%. Canada adds 12%.

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  1. 01Chile
  2. 02Canada
  3. 03DR Congo
  4. 04Peru
  5. 05Australia
  6. 06South Korea
  7. 07Mexico
  8. 08Zambia

Where it lands

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

85% arrives by ship, mostly through Gulf Coast ports. New Orleans takes 34%. Panama City and Los Angeles follow at 28% and 6%.

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  1. ANew Orleans, LA $5.58B
  2. BPanama City, FL $4.61B
  3. CLos Angeles, CA $1.08B
  4. DPort Huron, MI $0.98B
  5. EBaltimore, MD $0.81B
  6. FHouston, TX $0.70B
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 copper is used.

Five states are listed for over $1B each.

  1. 01Louisiana$5.26B
  2. 02Georgia$2.37B
  3. 03Florida$2.34B
  4. 04California$1.44B
  5. 05New Jersey$1.18B
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 7403. How we count.