Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$6.8 billion$6.8B
vs 2010
2.0× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
32%
Busiest portTop port
International Falls, MN

Most imported lumber comes from Canada: 67% of $6.8 billion.

Germany is second at 9%. Sawn wood.

Where US lumber comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $6.8B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Canada$4.56B66.9%
  2. 02Germany$0.59B8.6%
  3. 03Sweden$0.34B4.9%
  4. 04Brazil$0.25B3.6%
  5. 05Chile$0.21B3.2%
  6. 06New Zealand$0.19B2.8%
  7. 07Austria$90.9M1.3%
  8. 08Uruguay$56.4M0.8%
  9. 09Indonesia$49.4M0.7%
  10. 10Latvia$47.5M0.7%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.43B6.3%

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Then and now: 2015 vs 2025Then and now

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

Germany1.1% → 8.6%
Sweden1.3% → 4.9%
Austria<0.1% → 1.3%
Brazil2.5% → 3.6%
Latvia<0.1% → 0.7%
Uruguay0.3% → 0.8%
Chile2.6% → 3.2%
Indonesia0.3% → 0.7%
New Zealand2.4% → 2.8%
Canada84% → 67%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's produced

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

Canada alone sends 67%, and Germany, Sweden, Brazil and Chile add another 20%. Europe is the next-largest source region at 18%.

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  1. 01Canada
  2. 02Germany
  3. 03Sweden
  4. 04Brazil
  5. 05Chile
  6. 06New Zealand
  7. 07Austria
  8. 08Uruguay

Where it enters

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

68% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. International Falls alone takes 11%. Blaine and Port Huron follow at 8% and 7%.

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

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  1. AInternational Falls, MN $0.76B
  2. BBlaine, WA $0.54B
  3. CPort Huron, MI $0.48B
  4. DPortal, ND $0.39B
  5. EPort Canaveral, FL $0.36B
  6. FSumas, WA $0.33B
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 lumber is used.

23 states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01Washington$0.70B
  2. 02Texas$0.52B
  3. 03Florida$0.44B
  4. 04North Carolina$0.38B
  5. 05Maryland$0.29B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 4407. How we count.